If you don't like the tool don't use it
- find another OS or develop your own
| 1. How would you call it then? (instead of how would you NOT call...)
| 2. You totally lost me - what is the relevancy of and moreover, what do you
| mean by "...comes with VBScript"?
| Windows come with a gazillion of things, so what? If anything, it also
| "comes with" JavaScript (IE understand JavaScript which is a standard
| scripting language that runs virtually on all machines) so why block out
| JavaScript? The only logical explanation I can think of is that MS wants to
| keep applications running on Windows not easily be portable to other OSes.
| And that is why I think that this was the catch. If you have a better
| explanation, I would be happy to learn about it. The only think that disturb
| me is that I wasted time to read about while up until this very moment, I
| have not seen yet one sentence from MS saying that I HAVE to use VBScript.
| As a matter of fact, all the material I read so far just draws a rosy
| picture as if ANY common script would work (by omission or being SILENT
| about the important things). If it would not be people in this form, I would
| still not know the hard fact of life about such a key aspect. These are all
| snake-oil tactics.
| I would be more than happy to learn that I was wrong.
|
| David
|
| | > I'm not sure I would call this a catch as the HTA must be run on a windows
| machine that comes with VBScript
| > --
| > Mike -- FrontPage MVP '97 - '02
| >
http://www.websunlimited.com
| >
| >
| >
| | > > Thanks.
| > >
| > > I new that with MS there must be a catch and that is why I wrote: "It is
| too
| > > good to be true".
| > > In this case, forcing you to use MS' proprietary VB Script (and maybe
| > > Jscript?) but not an ISO standard such as JavaScript.
| > >
| > > David
| > >
| > > | > >> Start here
| > >
|
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/hta/overview/htaoverview.asp
| > >> - not possible w/ JavaScript
| > >>
| > >> --
| > >>
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| > >>
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| > >> _____________________________________________
| > >>
| > >>
| > > | > >> | 1. I have already looked at that entire area of MSDN and did not find
| > > one
| > >> | (detailed or any) example of how to make such a call.
| > >> | 2. And what if I want to use JavaScript for example?
| > >> | 3. And what about the rest of the interface as I mentioned which is
| not
| > >> | discussed there at all?
| > >> |
| > >> | David
| > >> |
| > >> | | > >> | > It would be done by running a VB Script inside the .hta which calls
| > >> | shellexecute and pass the
| > >> | > parameters via the shellexecute.
| > >> | >
| > >> | > Here's a link:
| > >> | >
| > >> |
| > >
|
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/hta/hta_node_entry.asp
| > >> | >
| > >> | > --
| > >> | > Steve Easton
| > >> | > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > >> | > 95isalive
| > >> | > This site is best viewed............
| > >> | > .......................with a computer
| > >> | >
| > >> | | > >> | > > More generally, how is the entire interface mechanism between an
| > > .HTA
| > >> | > > page/application and a Windows (and/or a Consol) executable is
| > > defined?
| > >> | > > That means:
| > >> | > > How to invoke a .EXE and passing parameters?
| > >> | > > How to return control to the .HTA page with possibly return some
| > > values
| > >> | and
| > >> | > > regardless of whether the .EXE exits or continues to run (or
| idle)
| > > in
| > >> | the
| > >> | > > background?
| > >> | > >
| > >> | > > Where can I read about that stuff?
| > >> | > >
| > >> | > > Thanks,
| > >> | > > David
| > >> | > >
| > >> | > >
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