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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I temporarily pause a script in an HTA?-- TJ Hey, TJ. You know, throughout history people have spent an enormous amount of time and energy searching for the meaning of life. The Scripting Guys have never taken part in this quest. Why not? Well, laziness aside, we know that it doesn’t matter: even if you did find the m...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Scriptomatic so that it automatically outputs to a text file?-- GD Hey, GD. Well, all you have to do is - wait a second: you want to make changes to the Scriptomatic? Oh, GD: say it isn’t so. Would you paint a hat on the Mona Lisa? Would you give the Venus de Milo a tattoo? Would you completely redo Frank Gehry’...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I encode scripts within an HTA?-- LL Hey, LL. You know, when we first read this question we thought, “What’s the big deal? Can’t you encode scripts in an HTML Application (HTA) the same way you encode scripts in an HTML file?” Much to our surprise, it appears as though you can’t encode scripts in an HTA; each time we ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which text has been selected in an HTA?-- DO Hey, DO. You know, most people think that writing the Hey, Scripting Guy! column every day is one of the most glamorous and exciting jobs in the world. And it probably would be if it wasn’t for the fact that the Scripting Guy who writes this column is so lazy. F...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create an HTA that doesn’t have a Close button in the title bar?-- AK Hey, AK. You know, you’ve presented us with a great moral and ethical quandary. After all, suppose we answer this question: suddenly the world might be inundated with HTAs that couldn’t be closed. We have this vision of unclosable, unstoppable HTA...