The key to creating a really functional HTA application is the special HTA tag which is embedded at the start of an HTA file:
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<HTA:APPLICATION
Applicationname = "MyApplication"
PropertyValueName="PropertyValue"
>
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Here's how that tag is coded in Scriptomatic:
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<HTA:APPLICATION
ID="objScriptomatic"
APPLICATIONNAME="Scriptomatic"
SCROLL="no"
SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
WINDOWSTATE="normal"
>
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Open the Scriptomatic HTA file in Notepad, or the text editor of your choice, to see more about how the Microsoft programmers created this application. Then try coding your own HTA by converting a web page using the techniques in Scriptomatic as a guide.
And, if you need to manage a ten thousand node network, or just find out what the environment path on your own PC is, Scriptomatic could be the easiest way to go.
