Different build of TestPage

  • From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:01:25 -0500 (EST)

Apparently, functionality of the Windows Script Host is less available
than I thought.  Since a primary goal of TestPage is convenient
installation and use, I have now built an alternative approach to the
VBScript one.  I ported the code to Visual Basic .NET and compiled it into
the executable TestPageGUI.exe.  The desktop shortcut now invokes this
program instead (though TestPage.vbs is still available in the same
folder).

I am curious whether this works better for folks who were having problems
running TestPage before.  The .NET Framework 2.0 is required, but this is
practically standard now on any Windows computer.  One disadvantage I
notice is that the window of the default text editor is not necessarily
activated after the report is generated (the report is opened there, but
the window does not reliably become the active one).  I may be able to
code around this .NET issue, but it is significant work, unfortunately.

I invite any comparative feedback between the previous and current
release.  The URL for the installer is the same,

http://EmpowermentZone.com/tpgsetup.exe

Jamal


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