what's the details tag? On Monday, 14 June 2021 at 19:04:51 UTC+1 Si wrote:
> Hi James, > > >>> 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. > > It seems that mshta.exe relies on the Internet Explorer engine (not that I > know what that means...): > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_Application#Execution > > Anyway a wiki running as an hta app looks just like it does when running > in IE, and more recent web stuff doesn't work (e.g. the details tag). My > main wiki won't even open in IE (or as an hta) due to some of the plugins I > have installed. > > >>> if you are still interested i can maybe help look at any issues you > are hitting > > Thank you! Though I've now figured out my mistake: I was using a folder > for twexe_cmd that didn't exist! Works as expected now. > > >>> 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. > > I didn't install that plugin and it still works, but I only did a simple > test. > > On Monday, 14 June 2021 at 17:40:08 UTC+1 james.w....@gmail.com 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/37591e72-fa3a-4788-a8ec-8dff6f3747ban%40googlegroups.com.
