Modern-hta NPM

modern-hta

modern-hta bundles @babel/standalone and other polyfills to run modern code in an HTML Application (HTA).

Usage

Sample hta file using cdn.

<meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=11">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/modern-hta">

  import $ from './$.mjs'
  import data from './data.json'

  log(`Hello World`)

</script>

Or, install and run locally.

Install

npm install modern-hta

<meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=11">
<script src="node_modules/modern-hta/modern-hta.js">

  log(`Hello World`)

</script>

What's Included...

Polyfills

core-js
whatwg-fetch
Array.from - extended to support Enumerator and FileSystemObject Collections
Element.closest()
Element.matches()
NodeList.forEach

Globals (to be continued...)

const Babel  // export from @babel/standalone
const script // Element reference to the <script src=modern-hta>
const cwd    // current working directory
const fso    // instance of "Scripting.FileSystemObject"
const sys    // instance of "Wscript.Shell"
const xhr    // instance of "Msxml2.XMLHTTP"

function create (tag, html) {
  // returns Element
}

function getSync (url) {
  // returns xhr.responseText
}

function log (any) {
  // returns HTMLDivElement
}

function require (src) {
  // returns ES Module
}

function transform (code, options) {
  // runs Babel.transform w/presets "es2015", "es2016", "es2017", "stage-0"
  // which "stage-0" also includes "stage-1", "stage-2", "stage-3"
  // for my purposes this always runs synchronously
  // returns transpiledCode
}

function watchFile (file, onchange) {
  // this intentionally is a quick/dirty-hack version
  // it runs a setTimeout and checks the last modified date
  // just wanted something super-simple & light-weight for now.
  // returns undefined
}

function windowProps (resize, moveto) {
  // this just simplifies window resizeTo & moveTo calls
  // and, allows them to run as quickly as possible
  // returns undefined
}

HTA IE11 babel es2015 es2020 es2021 es2022 esnext

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