ok, I couldn't resist...
I quickly hacked this small example from some of my own HTAs.
Nothing fancy, but it should give you an idea: copy source, save as "slideshow.hta", doubleclick, enjoy.
<html>
<head>
<title>Scorpius' audiable image slider</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
id="htaMyApp"
applicationname="Scorpius' Slide Show" version="0.1"
icon="include/favicon.ico"
caption="yes" border="dialog" borderstyle="normal" innerborder="no"
windowstate="normal" maximizebutton="no" minimizebutton="no"
showintaskbar="yes" singleinstance="yes"
sysmenu="yes" contextmenu="no"
navigable="no" />
</head>
<script language="VBScript">
Function vbsFunction
vbsFunction = "do be doo be doo"
End Function
</script>
<script language="JScript">
function foobar() {
alert("Happy mix of JavaScript and VBScript:\n" + vbsFunction() +
"\n\nThis app is located in:\n\t" + Shell.CurrentDirectory)
}
function editor() {
var hnd = Shell.Run("notepad.exe");
}
</script>
<script language="JScript">
// show window in the center of screen
window.offscreenBuffering = true;
var w = 640; var h = 480;
window.moveTo(-660, -500);
var l = Math.floor(screen.availWidth / 2);
var t = Math.floor(screen.availHeight / 4);
window.resizeTo(w,h);
window.moveTo(l - Math.floor(w / 2), t - parseInt(h/4));
window.offscreenBuffering = false;
/* useful WSH- and Shell-Components: JS syntax */
// general stuff, like run apps
var Shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
// file/folder access
var FileSys = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
// ("desktop objects") browse for folder dialogs etc.
var ShellApp = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
// file open dialogs etc.
var FileDlg = new ActiveXObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog");
</script>
<body scroll="no">
<h1>Scorpius' audiable image slider</h1>
<p>Make this some nice "HTML page" and you have a nice "GUI" for your personal slideshow app.</p>
<p>Note the window title!</p>
<button onclick="foobar()">click me</button>
<button onclick="editor()">run Notepad</button>
</body>
</html>
actually, as this IS an HTML page, you may even use <img ../> tags directly, and show BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG inside the window, or you may embed windows media player, quicktime etc. and control them via script.
Be creative! :D
Have Fun,
CirTap