If you want to do it without ScriptLogic (KiXtart alone), then perhaps you could use COM and launch IE to display a JPG or GIF or something?

Ah, found it.
Show BMP or JPG....

Downside though is, you need to make kixwin.exe available to everyone. I'm not knocking kixwin, just trying to do it without.

I'm trying to learn COM, (not very sucessful though) and I thought I'd give that a go. Ran into a few snags.

Can't figure out how to get IE in kiosk mode. you know, no menus, no buttons, no status.

When the window tries to close itself with the timeout code in the htm file, IE prompts if it's OK.

Guess it's time to send out the signal.
Paging Super COM Boy...

[ 09 February 2002: Message edited by: LLigetfa ]

You know, Jack of all, master of none...

Using JavaScript, I'd do something like the following between script tags:
Offsite=window.open("http://intranet.ff.abicon.com",
"Offsite","toolbar=0,location=0,status=1,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0,width=900,height=580");window.focus();
(Not sure how much of this code UBB will allow but will try)

So, can the same be done with COM?

I got something that might make us a good start ... but it's got lots of less-than signs in it ... do you still have that link of Rogier's had for pre-formatting post for HTML forums ? No what I mean ?

-Shawn

Damn that Brian anyway, for throwing down the gauntlet like that!

Here's a rough start. It's a UDF that displays an IE splash screen complete with title, picture and message ... it floats around during script and goes away at the end ...

So where are the interface property methods documented? Didn't try this in a logon script, but when run from the desktop on Win2K, focus doesn't change (it's a feature) to the IE window as kixwin does. I know I could kludge it with SetFocus() but would rather not.

The interface methods and properties are on MSDN, here's one link here:

HTML and DHTML Reference

In terms of setting focus - you nailed it - the only way I know of is to use kix'x setfocus, suggest putting in a retry counter so one doesn't loop to infinity, right after the make visible in the UDF ...

 $ie.visible = 1
 $retry = 5 ; seconds
 while setfocus("$title") and $retry
  $retry=$retry-1
  sleep 1
 loop

Something like that anyways ... this COM stuff is kinda fun isn't it ?

-Shawn

[ 09 February 2002: Message edited by: Shawn ]

Maybe what we should have is a handy index of the interface property methods (or links to) of commonly used objects posted in the COM forum.

I'll see what links I can dig up and post them asap ... the MSDN links are a bit of a moving target because MS is always monkeying with their web sites (don't you hate that?) ... yeah - good idea !

-Shawn

The Canadian google - yeah - i saw that - I wonder what the difference is ? The only thing I could see different was that all the search link titles end with "eh?"

-Shawn

-Shawn

$ie.fullscreen = 1

before:

$ie.menubar = 0

will set the fullscreen property but the width and height coming after will restrict it back to those parameters. It will then be the size you want with no borders.

Les said "Maybe what we should have is a handy index of the interface property methods (or links to) of commonly used objects posted in the COM forum."

I have a program I linked to on my Downloads page called TLBDOC. It will list the properties, methods, functions etc of a .DLL or .OCX file. It works with SCRRUN.DLL (Windows Scripting Host) and Shawn's cool KiX addons. Shawn may be able to tell you what the DLL must have for this to work.

If you look on my Add-ons page you will see an addon called JMail and I have included the .HLP file created by TLBDOC too.

Start here

cj

p.s. Just realised that TLBDOC is not on my site, gimme a few minutes to pop it on the downloads page.