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Reputation: 7605

HTA output is not appearing

<body bgcolor="white">

<!--Add your controls here-->

<table cellspacing=1 cellpadding=3 bgcolor="black">
 <tr>
  <td bgcolor="white">
<script type="text/vbscript">
    document.write(userName)
    window.Alert(userName)
</script>
  </td>
  <td bgcolor="white">row1_col2</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td bgcolor="white">row2_col1</td>
  <td bgcolor="white">row2_col2</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td bgcolor="white">row3_col1</td>
  <td bgcolor="white">row3_col2</td>
 </tr>
</table>
<!--{{InsertControlsHere}}-Do not remove this line-->
</body>
</html>

The username only appears in the tags above the HTML. When I use window.Alert userName, the value does display but only if that code is in the section above. When I perform the same window.Alert in the body, I get "" (empty string).

I can't figure out whats going on. I updated the code as per the suggestions on one of the comments.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 450

Answers (1)

Ansgar Wiechers
Ansgar Wiechers

Reputation: 200293

<% %> is ASP syntax, not HTA syntax. In HTA you could use a nested <script> tag, though:

<td><script type="text/vbscript">document.write userName</script></td>

BTW, I strongly recommend to use stylesheets for formatting tags (like setting the <td> background color). It's much cleaner, and also much easier to maintain.

Upvotes: 1

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