Normally in an HTML file you can use the mouse to select and copy text or by pressing CTRL+A and CTRL+C. This even works in HTA programs on Windows systems.
However, I am unable to do this when I create a modeless dialog window using window.showModelessDialog() in the HTA file. The HTML document is loaded and displayed properly, but I am unable to select/highlight any text in the child window using the mouse or CTRL+A and CTRL+C.
Is there a workaround? If I try to use window.open() instead, then it opens a full-blown browser window including address bar, tabs, menu bar, etc. Also, the child window uses IE version 11 instead of version 7 used for the HTA program. I want to avoid doing this.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Here are the top few lines of the child HTA file.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="icon" href="../toee_raw_checker.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<TITLE>Calculations</TITLE>
<HTA:APPLICATION
ID = "oApp"
APPLICATIONNAME = "ToEE RAW Checker Calculations"
BORDER = "thick"
CAPTION = "yes"
ICON = "toee_raw_checker.ico"
SHOWINTASKBAR = "yes"
SINGLEINSTANCE = "no"
WINDOWSTATE = "normal"
SCROLL = "no"
SCROLLFLAT = "yes"
VERSION = "0.6.1"
INNERBORDER = "no"
SELECTION = "yes"
SYSMENU = "yes"
MAXIMIZEBUTTON = "yes"
MINIMIZEBUTTON = "yes"
NAVIGABLE = "yes"
CONTEXTMENU = "yes"
BORDERSTYLE = "thin"
/>