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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Specify the Tab Order in an HTA?

February 6, 2007 Feb 6, 2007 02/6/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I specify the tab order in an HTA?-- MJ (image) (image) (image) Hey, MJ. This is the time of year when the greatest and most-anticipated sporting event on the planet takes place, and we know that most of you are dying to hear what the Scripting Guy who writes this column has to say about that. Well, here&...

How Can I Read the Individual Lines in a Multi-Line Text Box in a HTA?

November 30, 2006 Nov 30, 2006 11/30/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In an HTA, how can I read the individual lines in a multi-line text box?-- KM(image) (image) (image) Hey, KM. You know, to be perfectly honest the Scripting Guy who writes this column has always had a grudging admiration for people who do totally ridiculous things and yet somehow manage to get away with them. For ...

How Can I Position the Cursor in a Specific Text Box Each Time I Start an HTA?

November 27, 2006 Nov 27, 2006 11/27/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I position the cursor in a specific text box each time I start an HTA?-- BM(image) (image) (image) Hey, BM. You know, if the Scripting Guy who writes this column has any regrets in life it’s that he didn’t become a Theoretical Physicist Guy. Why? Well, among other things, theoretical physicists have ...

How Can I Verify That All the Characters in a String are Either A-to-Z (Uppercase Letters) or the Digits 0-through-9 in a HTA?

September 20, 2006 Sep 20, 2006 09/20/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In an HTA, how can I verify that all the characters are either A-to-Z (uppercase letters) or the digits 0-through-9?-- MB(image) (image) (image) Hey, MB. You want to talk irony? Oh. Well, we’re going to talk irony anyway. In yesterday’s column we tried to be cute, posing as the illegitimate children of a non...

How Can I Alternate Row Colors in an HTA?

September 6, 2006 Sep 6, 2006 09/6/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I alternate row colors (using the green/white style) in an HTA?-- MK(image) (image) (image) Hey, MK. You know, we almost didn’t answer you question. Not because it wasn’t a good question, but simply because – like all the questions we get – we received this one in email. Based on what happened ...