I have an hta vbScript file which opens a second .hta file with the lines:
flnm = "Test.hta"
flnm = "c:/HTAFiles/" & flnm
open flnm
When this is run, the first thing it does is open Internet Explorer which then asks if I want to run it or save it. Is there any way to open this without it trying to open IE first? Both files reside on the local machine, although the second file runs a SQL query against the msdb database in SQL Server.
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Have you tried something like this?
Code:Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") objShell.Run flnm
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I commented out
open flnm (which opened the file after going through IE and run/save)
and added your suggsted lines.
This generated an "Internet Explorer Script Error" which said:
"The system cannot find the file specified" and blamed it on the line:
objShell.Run flnm
oh, yes. When I enter "file:///c:/..." into the address window if IE, the .hta opens without the run/save message. It also runs from the command line with just "c:/..." and it runs fine on computer startup.
Last edited by grnzbra; May 21st, 2009 at 10:49 AM. Reason: afterthought
Just a thought...if the file you're trying to open is in the same directory as the file you're opening it from, do you even need to specify the complete path? Wouldn't "Test.hta" simply work?
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You're right. That worked. But it still opens IE first.
OOPS! I spoke too soon. I was back to playing with "open..."
Using the shell script and just the file name, it popped right up.
THANK YOU!!!
Last edited by grnzbra; May 21st, 2009 at 11:40 AM.
Glad I could help
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