Scripting Blog [archived]

How Can I Clear an HTA Window?

November 9, 2005 Nov 9, 2005 11/9/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I clear an HTA window?-- DF(image) (image) (image) Hey, DF. Well, to tell you the truth, if you’d ever seen at least one of the Scripting Houses you wouldn’t be asking us if we knew how to clear a window; it’s pretty obviously some of us don’t. (In our defense, though, if we keep the window clean...

How Can I Start an Application From an HTA?

October 31, 2005 Oct 31, 2005 10/31/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an alternative to the Wscript.Shell command for HTAs? I need to run an application and specify the file to open.-- DL(image) (image) (image) Hey, DL. Yes, we do know of an alternative to the Wscript.Shell command that will work in HTAs, and we’ll show you that in a minute. Before we do that, however, ...

How Can I Center an HTA on the Screen?

October 10, 2005 Oct 10, 2005 10/10/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I center an HTA on the screen?-- BH(image) (image) (image) Hey, BH. Well, we have an answer for you, although it’s not perfect: we can resize (if need be) and center your window, but there will be a momentary flash on the screen when all this happens. It’s not too terribly distracting and the net ...

How Can I Get a Script to Close an HTML Page?

October 4, 2005 Oct 4, 2005 10/4/05

ScriptingGuy1

 (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In one of my scripts I display an HTML page with information that I want my users to read. When they’re finished reading that page, they should be able to press a key and have the Web page disappear. However, instead of the Web page disappearing they get a message box with this message: “The Web page you...

How Can I Periodically Refresh a Web Page?

September 27, 2005 Sep 27, 2005 09/27/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I periodically refresh a Web page?-- TZ(image) (image) (image) Hey, TZ. You know, the last couple of weeks have been very difficult for the Scripting Guys; after all, we were positive that one of us would be nominated to become the next Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. (We even bought ...