On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 02:39:47AM -0500, Yaron wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, mn-linux.org at cyberians.net wrote: > > > I found an application that works, but its a desktop .HTA application > > with javascript, > > Now I'm not sure what an .HTA application is, and I'm really dead-tired, > but "javascript" to me implies some kinda web interface, in which case you > could maybe cron up a wget with the correct strings attached (as in, > for example, wget > "http://www.yourserver.com/powerpointthing?join=now&directory=dir1&directory=dir2" > or something)? > > > > -Yaron An HTA is a Microsoft "HTML Application". Its essentially a mess of HTML, Javascript, and VBScript. If you want to redesign this as a console app you're going to need to rewrite the logic into another language. HTAs _require_ Internet Explorer to work. -Adam