looks like we do still use htalink, i probably should just fold it into twexe
On Monday, 14 June 2021 at 17:40:08 UTC+1 James Anderson wrote: > Hey Si, I don't think it's true that you need Internet Explorer for any of > this, it's runs under the mshta.exe which should ship with windows. I > certainly don't have IE installed on my system - but you will need windows. > > I don't knoe if this is still needed but i have another plugin > $:/plugins/welford/htalink/link.js which makes the wiki open links in the > default browser. > > if you are still interested i can maybe help look at any issues you are > hitting: Excuse the crude picture but setting up a twexe should be pretty > simple. this one opens calc and then is linked to twice in another doc, > first as it is and then a second time with overridden params. > > [image: asdf.png] > > On Monday, 14 June 2021 at 16:17:21 UTC+1 Si wrote: > >> Hi James thanks for the reply. Just trying it I actually can't even get >> it to work with a batch file ("The filename, directory name, or volume >> label syntax is incorrect"). This doesn't matter however because I also now >> realize that .hta will use internet explorer to run the app, which means >> unfortunately I can't use this for my wiki anyway. >> >> On Sunday, 13 June 2021 at 20:09:25 UTC+1 james.w....@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Just tested and unfortunately not right now. >>> >>> I have a few places where i call >>> WshShell.Run( "cmd /c " + path + " " + args ); From a quick google making >>> the "cmd /c" part call "powershell -File " maybe with some other settings >>> like -executionpolicy unrestricted. >>> >>> I know next to nothing about powershell though. >>> >>> if you take a look at >>> http://welford.github.io/#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2Fwelford%2Ftwexe%2Ftwexe.js >>> specifically >>> TWExeWidget.prototype.runTiddler = function (event) { >>> TWExeWidget.prototype.openFile = function (event) { >>> >>> and can give me a working string format for powershell scripts i can >>> update the plugin to provide the shell in which it will run via a field. >>> e.g. twexe_shell: powershell, so that we can support both. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, 13 June 2021 at 19:18:45 UTC+1 Si wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks James I did not know this existed! I was looking for something >>>> similar a while ago. >>>> >>>> Can you use it to run PowerShell scripts? >>>> On Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 13:31:27 UTC+1 james.w....@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Incase any windows/hta users still use this: >>>>> >>>>> I've updated this plugin. the source is here: >>>>> https://github.com/welford/twexe and you can grab a copy of the >>>>> updated plugin from http://welford.github.io/ >>>>> >>>>> The big change is that you can run the contents of a tiddler as a >>>>> batch file, which should help keep things portable (between machines / >>>>> environments, not cross platform). >>>>> >>>>> It will create a temporary twexe.bat file in %TEMP% fill it with the >>>>> contents of the tiddler and then run it. You can change the default >>>>> temporary location via $:/plugins/welford/twexe/tmpdir >>>>> >>>>> in the attached image i have two examples, one will run my local >>>>> node.js tw, the other just an example batch file that prints hello and >>>>> the >>>>> first arg passed to it. >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/11c8dd5a-ae25-4a8c-9145-82cba372e6f8n%40googlegroups.com.