Micro-small web browser here

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I have to admit, it is very fast, but somehow I still got the feeling it
uses an Intenet explorer DLL or two (Just a warning to all your Dr
Windowsteins, who have removed IE).
Why? Because I hav this javascript on my page that is suposed only to work
with Internet Explo(r/d)er. It works with ijini thoug.
But I think it has still some use for me, sinc it it fast ant does not load
all kind of junk (unlike IE)

MightyKitten
 
MightyKitten said:
I have to admit, it is very fast, but somehow I still got the feeling it
uses an Intenet explorer DLL or two (Just a warning to all your Dr
Windowsteins, who have removed IE).
Why? Because I hav this javascript on my page that is suposed only to work
with Internet Explo(r/d)er. It works with ijini thoug.
[...]
The way I usually check first if something is using the MSIE components,
it's to right-click in the document window. Then see if the global MSIE
menu shows up. (A programmer has the choice to not to let that menu show,
and replace with their own, but it's extremely rare for them to to make
that choice.)
 
Says 81k. That tells me it is a host for the MS browser control. If you
want really small, download an .hta, they tend to be less than 1k.

Although I'm not an IE fan, this sounds like fun just as a test.
Where could I find a generic .hta file to try?
 
I have to admit, it is very fast, but somehow I still got the feeling
it uses an Intenet explorer DLL or two (Just a warning to all your Dr
Windowsteins, who have removed IE).
Why? Because I hav this javascript on my page that is suposed only to
work with Internet Explo(r/d)er. It works with ijini thoug.
But I think it has still some use for me, sinc it it fast ant does not
load all kind of junk (unlike IE)

MightyKitten

Yes, it requires IE to run.

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| Where could I find a generic .hta file to try?

Mark ....

Following is a link for an HTA file
that I put together a couple of years ago
as a test that provides an interface for launching
a few generic Windows functions ....

http://fastq.com/~sckitching/HTML/Start_Page.hta

You may need to edit some of the paths
to match your installation ....
 
Mark R. Blain said:
Although I'm not an IE fan, this sounds like fun just as a test.
Where could I find a generic .hta file to try?

Hmm. A few that I saved to disk no longer function -- which could be to do
with MSIE security updates. But, this one below still works for me. To see
how it does on your system, save as *.HTA.

<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>MyBrowser</TITLE>
<HTA:APPLICATION
ID="oHTA"
ICON="MyBrowser.ico" >
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
Option Explicit
Sub btnGo_onclick
Dim strAddr
strAddr = txtAddress.value
If InStr(1, strAddr, "://") = 0 Then
strAddr = "http://" & strAddr
End If
frmClient.document.location.href = strAddr
End Sub
Sub btnBack_onclick
frmClient.history.back
End Sub
Sub btnFwd_onclick
frmClient.history.forward
End Sub
</SCRIPT></HEAD>
<BODY scroll="no">
<B>Address:</B>
<INPUT TYPE="Text" ID="txtAddress">&nbsp;
<INPUT TYPE="Submit" ID="btnGo" VALUE="Go">
<BUTTON ID="btnBack" STYLE="position:relative;left:50px">
&lt; Back</BUTTON>&nbsp;
<BUTTON ID="btnFwd" STYLE="position:relative;left:50px">
Forward &gt;</BUTTON>
<P>
<IFRAME ID="frmClient"
TRUSTED="yes"
SRC="http://www.pricelessware.org"
WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="90%" >
</IFRAME>
</BODY></HTML>
 
Cousin Stanley said:
| Where could I find a generic .hta file to try?

Mark ....

Following is a link for an HTA file
that I put together a couple of years ago
as a test that provides an interface for launching
a few generic Windows functions ....

http://fastq.com/~sckitching/HTML/Start_Page.hta

You may need to edit some of the paths
to match your installation ....

Thanks, Stanley. I'll have to pull down your file and poke around. This
is why HTAs had caught my attention. They seemed like a fun way to make
some menus for one's system.

Another use, that I've just become aware of, and looks interesting.
Exemplified in a file I got from techrepublic.com. A front-end for
DOS tools. Combining a little VBS, then the HTA for the interface.

hta + ico: http://omega5.port5.com/files/2004/hta/XCopyTool.zip (5k)
preview: http://omega5.port5.com/files/2004/hta/XCopyTool.htm
 
DOS tools.

Btw, pls forgive my bad language. I've been meaning to remember to
use CLI or similar, but have trouble changing habits.
 
is why HTAs had caught my attention.

Btw, my URLs for the subject are mostly basic and older:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/hta/overview/htaoverview.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dndude/html/dude070599.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/mind/0799/htmlapps/htmlapps.asp

Today's brief Google:

http://www.vbwm.com/articles/2002/abarfield/hta01/
http://www.webreference.com/js/column39/index.html

Scripting sites are probably where the best info might be found. Especially
if one could find articles focussed on local use (instead of talks related
to what website maintainers wish to inflict on visitors).
 
| Thanks, Stanley.
| ....

Cousin Karen ....

You're welcome ....

Windows HTA files do seem to be potentially useful,
but my programming efforts have tuned toward Python instead
for a number of reasons, chief among these being cross-platform
capabilities ....

I have experimented a bit with Python scripting in Internet Explorer,
through the Python Win32 extensions, but haven't done enough
to give it a real test, just enough to see that it works ....

Using a Python/HTA combination might prove interesting as well,
where Python would be used in a similar capacity that you now see
VBScript or JavaScript used in HTAs, but I haven't attempted that yet .....
 
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