Category: COM

COM, HTA, Javascript, VC++

HTA Widget – JCOMQuery

JComQuery is javascript framework library that simplifies HTA on windos (HTML trusted applications) development on windows. HTA’s are HTML based desktop applications. With JComQuery you can develop application in JavaScript (IDE Used will be Vs2008 and above including Express editions) with features like Widgets, irregular shape HTML windows, Multithreaded javascript tasks,asyc. Or background long running tasks, Email, zip , unzip functionality (using PKZIP),FTP classes,application themes (mac : default as theme) etc. Alone with JavaScript libraries the framework includes COM components written in VB 6.0 and VC++.The source code for each component is included in the series of articles written on my blog.
This post will include

  1.  JComCodeGenerator : Generating JavaScript wrapper code for COM interface that can be directly used to program with Intellisense features of VS2008 and above (including express editions) in javascript.The article also includes VB6 application which can read and COM interface and create Javascript library for HTA application.
  2. JComEventBridge : Library to route COM events to javascript library. The article includes VB 6 and VC++ libraries.The JComBridge acts as Bridge between HTML and COM libraries. By default there is no way to trap events generated by COM libraries (Except WScript engine).
  3. JComWindowsShaper : COM component written in VB6 which is used by JComQuery to create widgets and windows form effects like semitransparent, rounded rect windows etc.
  4. JComMultiThread : COM component to create long running background tasks.
  5. Base Java Script Libraries : JavaScrit base libraries to provide basic functionalities like email,threading etc.

If you are familier to .net CLR you can easily develop rich HTA applications with minial javascript and html (css) code.

All above mentioned components can be build into single ActiveX control and deployed as plugin to develop web based widgets application.The application will be limited on windows platform only.
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COM, HTA, Javascript, VC++

Javascript framework for HTA : Introduction

Hope fully by next week i will publish Javascript framework for HTA (HTML trusted application) applications. The framework enables fast development in HTA based application with skin support. The default skin provided is for mac and can be customised easily just by changing skin css. Framework support email, FTP compression etc. from HTA application. The framework is capable to capture COM events in HTA application. Visual Studio 2008 express edition was used as code editor to enable intelligence in javascript and hence fast development. Some of the components used in framework are :

COM Bridge : Tech- VC++, VB 6.0 – COM event sink to capture events from COM and pass them back to HTA or Javascript.

JS COM Wrapper Code Generator: Tech – VB 6.0: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 editor support Javascript intelligence with the help of commented xml tags. This tool generates wrapper javascript for any COM component which can be then used in your HTA page. The auto generated code emits xml tags alone with wrapper code. The wrapper code also takes care of event delegates etc.

Will also post some experience on loading data from database to html tables asynchronously to meet high performance in HTA application.

The framework was designed to develop small applications which will run with just HTML and javascript.

COM, VB 6.0

VbScript Editor With Intellisense

 

Intellisense in scripting languages like VBScript is like a dream for script programmers. The goal of this project is to provide VBScript editor with intellisense like it was available in most of Microsoft language editors. The control uses the type library reference to explore the public methods and functions exposed in any com library. The script developer has to code like VB 6.0 language (Dim pConnection as ADODB.Connection) and the editor will automatically convert the code into VBScript.
The complete VBScript alone with added references can be saved as an XML file. The Script property of control will return the pure VBScript which can be executed using the Microsoft Script Control.

Source code at :