The HTA creator wizard allows you to build an Html Application (HTA) visually.
Shown is a sample page and there are three more not shown before
the HTA is defined. Parameter changes made are reflected in the
sample HTA (Hello HTA in screen shot).
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The Quick Files page allows you to build simple EXE files in a
single interface. Pick the file to run on the first line (required), the file's icon
on the second (optional), and any other optional files on lines 3-5. Click the button and an EXE as small as 14 KB containing your icon is produced.
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To meet more demanding needs than provided by the HTA creator and Quick Files,
Html App Studio defines a project and provides more comprehensive options.
All the screens following operate on a per-project basis and the final EXE
file produced reflects the settings for the project.
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The icon selected is the icon used for the downloaded executable and, if an HTA is
constructed, the HTA window as well. The icons shown are built in to
HtmlApp Studio and are merely intended to get you going.
You may add your own icons through an explorer interface invoked from this page.
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Options are provided for embedding code directly in an HTA (simple projects)
or using the HTA as a frame for Html pages (complex projects with many
interlinked html pages).
You can define a "borderless" HTA wherein
a "dropout" color is made invisible and allows for the creation of
non-rectangular widget-like HTML that runs without needing any other
software installed (unlike Yahoo, Google, Vista, etc.).
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Define an optional installer/uninstaller, system tray operation, run at system startup
here. The HtmlApp Studio installer/uninstaller adds only about 25KB so that your total package can be less than half the usual installer overhead (200KB) alone. For Vista support, the authorization required can be defined and an embedded
manifest file is included (you must code sign the EXE outside HtmlApp Studio for manifest
to be honored by Vista).
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