Re: gui options galore...

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For a program window you can use an HTA or
3rd-party component. For what you want you
need to use something like the class linked above,
or a 3rd-party control that needs to be installed
and registered.


Mayayana, in general I would agree that wsh/vbs is
weak in the gui area (mb's and askboxes only), and
if you want to show a gui (like a vb form) then you
must use an hta or an actX object.

But there _ARE_ other possibilities. Consider this,
I write a gui in some other language (FBSL, freeBasic,
even RapidQ) and compile it.

Doesn't that come under the category of 3rd-party
component? Nearly anything can be done if one wants
to leave to confines of script, but usually people don't,
so I hesitate to list 3rd-party components (or self-written
software) options unless someone says they want that.

There is also the possibility of using microsoft excel
or word to show a gui.

Bill Gates must smile from ear to ear every time
he sees someone say something like that: assuming
that *everyone* has installed Microsoft's wildly
over-priced and unbearably bloated Office suite.

And finally, there are endless possibilities if you don't
mind using DynaWrap (yes, it's a third-party control) to
call system api's. You could use "CreateWindow" to create
a dialog. Also, I like the idea of compiling dialogs,
using microsoft's "resource compiler" (RC.EXE ...

Yes, I know you like that stuff. :) I'll never understand
your fascination with using a screwdriver to turn a bolt
or a wrech to turn a screw ... simply because it might
be possible. To my mind anyone using something like
DynaWrap (there's also a similar Perl component)
is completely off their rocker. They should be using compiled
native code.


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