Now, the only difference between HTML and HTA is some additions to the HTML coding you may have. HTAs are web page applications, understand better? Yes. OK, now, you will say that I’m contradicting myself, but let me explain it again. HTAs are not opened through your Internet browser, you don’t need to, they are stand alone programs, only in HTML format. HTA ( HTML Application ), is almost the same as HTML, but it has some subtle differences. Web pages, FrontPage, and Dreamweaver are the most popular. There are many programs available to assist in making If you were to open it in your browser, you will see a webpage similar to the following. Save As Type drop down list, and select All Files – You will see that a webpage is magically created. htm – Note, you will have to Select the drop down arrow at the If you were to copy and paste this code into This Is What You See When You View A Web Page

A Basic HTML document ( a Webpage ) looks like the following : ) Hyper Text Markup Language, is what every webpage is made of. Program.exe, and the CD’s Icon will look like the Program_Icon.ico file This, tells the Operating system, to execute a program named A normal Autorun.inf file looks like the following :

This little file tells the system what to do with the disk’s contents. How this happens is with a magical file called AutoRun.inf Have you noticed that when you purchase software, and you install it, that it automatically starts running after insertion? If you have, then you have seen theĪutoRun process. If you are not a scripting guru, don’t worry too much as I will outline every aspect of HTA, JavaScript and VBScript, that pertains to our sample project, again, don’t worry 🙂 AutoRun – for the uninformed 🙂

This article will demonstrate how to use VB.NET to create an Autorun menu, through the use of I further discovered that HTA can be used to simplify my life, by creating CD/DVD Autorun menus.

During a recent project, I have discovered the magic of HTA scripting, and how powerful it is.