The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Populate a List Box With the CNs of All the OUs in My Domain?

June 13, 2006 Jun 13, 2006 06/13/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I populate a list box with the CNs of all the OUs in my domain?-- AK(image) (image) (image) Hey, AK. That’s an interesting question, AK, and we’ll do our best to answer it. Of course, we should point out that the United States soccer team has just finished losing to the Czech Republic in the World ...

How Can I Add a Right-to-Left Text Box to a Web Page?

June 12, 2006 Jun 12, 2006 06/12/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a right-to-left text box to a Web page?-- B(image) (image) (image) Hey, B. To begin with, we should note that we aren’t entirely sure that we know what we’re talking about here. (Good point: that’s a disclaimer that could be added to all of our columns, couldn’t it?) We are aware of ...

How Can I Dynamically Add Controls to an HTA?

June 5, 2006 Jun 5, 2006 06/5/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I dynamically add controls to an HTA?-- TR(image) (image) (image) Hey, TR. Dum-de-dum-dum. Dum-de-dum-de - oh, wait : you were talking to us, weren’t you? Sorry; we saw the word “dynamically” and figured this question must have been addressed to someone else. When people hear the words Scripting ...

How Can I Print Just the Text Area of an HTA?

April 27, 2006 Apr 27, 2006 04/27/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have an HTA where information gets written to a text area. How can I print just the information found in that text area?-- DS(image) (image) (image) Hey, DS. We want you to level with us here: are the Scripting Guys dead? We ask that because we saw the movie The Sixth Sense a few years ago and we understand ...

How Can I Add an Edit Command to the Context Menu for an HTA?

April 18, 2006 Apr 18, 2006 04/18/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add an Edit command to the context menu for an HTA? That way, any time I right-click an HTA file I can click Edit and then open the file in Notepad.-- TC(image) (image) (image) Hey, TC. You know, one of the Scripting Guys once had a friend who got a summer job baking pies in a local bakery. Admittedly...

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