Can Opera run OPL programs automatically from within Web pages?
Absolutely not. To do so would pose an unacceptable security risk as a malicious program would be free to access the file system or retrieve private information from the EPOC device. Opera for Symbian handles OPO files much the same way Windows browsers handle an executable (EXE): It will only allow the user to download and save the file to disk, from where they can choose to run it manually. Alternatively, you can offer OPL source code in an EPOC Program file. Opera will offer to open the file automatically from the Save dialogue providing the server sends out the correct MIME type. If you wish to add dynamic content to a webpage you can either use Javascript or embed a Java applet in the page. Java requires a JVM to be installed on the Symbian machine however. If you wish to affect the user’s machine outside of Opera then this can only be done by asking them to make these changes for you.
