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Re:A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT by ihale on Sunday November 12, 2017 @02:06PM (#15682069)
Anyone remember HTA? https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692768.aspx

It seems oddly familiar, don't you think?

Thinks change so much!

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Re:A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT by Jaruzel on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:20AM (#15685064)
HTAs are a subset of MS's Visual Basic Script language with a smattering of built-in HTML support.

If you are a masochist, it's entirely possible to write a full application as a HTA. I once had to do this when I needed to explore an organisations Active Directory, but they wouldn't install the AD Admin tools on my Laptop, or give me local admin. (For those that know AD, it was a 'Users & Computers' clone written entirely in HTA. I used Notepad as my IDE)

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