Creating Your Own HTAs

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Try It Yourself: Add a Multi-Line Text Box to an HTA

Shows how to add a multi-line text box to an HTA. This is the answer to a Try It Yourself exercise found in Part 2 of the introductory tutorial on creating HTAs.

<html>
<head>
<title>HTA Test</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION 
     ID="objTest" 
     APPLICATIONNAME="HTA Test"
     SCROLL="yes"
     SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
>
</head>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">

    Sub TestSub
        Msgbox ScriptArea.Value
    End Sub

</SCRIPT>

<body>

  <textarea name="ScriptArea" rows=5 cols=70></textarea><p>
  <input id=runbutton  type="button" value="Run Script" name="run_button"  onClick="TestSub">

</body>