HTA Programming

Posted by Ravikiran K.S. on January 1, 2006

If i get your question right , the closest thing to get what you want would be using *.hta which is a HTML Application that runs outside the browser window just like a normal app.

<title>Application Executer</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION ID="oMyApp" 
    APPLICATIONNAME="Application Executer" 
    BORDER="no"
    CAPTION="no"
    SHOWINTASKBAR="yes"
    SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
    SYSMENU="yes"
    SCROLL="no"
    WINDOWSTATE="normal">
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
    function RunFile() {
    WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
    WshShell.Run("c:/windows/system32/notepad.exe", 1, false);
    }
</script>

<input type="button" value="Run Notepad" onclick="RunFile();"/>

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    function runProgram()
    {
        var shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");                 
        var appWinMerge = "\"C:\\Program Files\\WinMerge\\WinMergeU.exe\" /e /s /u /wl /wr /maximize";
        var fileLeft = "\"D:\\Path\\to\\your\\file\"";
        var fileRight= "\"D:\\Path\\to\\your\\file2\"";
        shell.Run(appWinMerge + " " + fileLeft + " " + fileRight);
    }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <a href="javascript:runProgram()">Run program</a>
</body>