Hopefully "ScriptingTipsAndTricks" helps you with your batch file or vbscript scripting :-)\HTML APPLICATIONS (.HTA) & HTML

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HTML APPLICATIONS (.HTA) & HTML

A ".hta" file is a html file with imbedded script (often VBSCRIPT). It has as much access to the Windows computer as does the user. For this reason it can execute external tasks so these sections will be of interest:

• Windows Commands
• Useful Programs

This makes them a good way to provide a user interface around some code, you do have to understand that a html application only runs in whatever version of IE is installed.

Whether you are creating a hta or html you should be interested in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Some links:

• How to Learn and Even Master the Art of Writing HTAs
• Learn About Scripting for HTML Applications (HTAs)
• The Wonderful World of Web Applications: HTML Apps (HTA)

• Determine the Path to an HTA (example buggy and not complete)
• Great collection of GIF animated progress indicators
• Some good sources of background images/patterns:
  • http://www.noupe.com/design/80-stunning-background-patterns-for-your-websites.html
  • http://thedesigninspiration.com/patterns/icon-pattern/
  • http://www.patterncooler.com/index.php?tag=cartoon
  • http://www.noqta.it/dromoscopio/
  • http://www.colourlovers.com/patterns/top

Example code & Fragments

Please see these fragments and examples:

• CSS, Better Tooltips - Display Tooltips on hover and more reliably

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