Folks, I have read that the hta format may not be supported in the future, for tiddlywiki users however we still have tiddly desktop which has local computer rights, I have not tested the twexe in this thread on TiddlyDesktop but I expect it would work.
Using Internet Explorer is a liability given its end of life status, it has and possibly always was a target of hacks and Malware. Using the mshta.exe or an alternative can continue but only if supported. Regards Tones On Tuesday, 15 June 2021 at 06:11:01 UTC+10 james.w....@gmail.com wrote: > Ah yeah, some of the newer features are not there yet. > > > On Monday, 14 June 2021 at 20:33:45 UTC+1 Si wrote: > >> >>> what's the details tag? >> >> It's an HTML element that you can click on to hide/reveal a block of >> text: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/details >> >> There's a handy TW implementation here: >> https://tid.li/tw5/plugins.html#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2Ftelmiger%2Fdetails >> >> It was added recently enough that it is not supported by Internet >> Explorer. It's just one example, I'm sure there are all sorts of things >> that have been added to new browsers which won't work in older ones. >> >> On Monday, 14 June 2021 at 19:31:48 UTC+1 james.w....@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> 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/1402f3b4-bd92-486f-80d1-53c57ab5ce6cn%40googlegroups.com.
