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Possible Applications for HSP

HTML Scripting Pages opens up almost an infinite range of possibilities for both browser and hybrid applications.  Just about every new product coming out of Microsoft today has embedded web browser controls in them. The rich rendering power of IE combined with the scripting power of VBScript make for a powerful combination.  Once you have created a UI with WOW+HSP, you won't ever want to do it without them again. Here are just a few possibilities:

• HSP gives your user interface a 1st class appearance for use in almost any user interface situation.
• Any place you need to display tabular data dynamically from a database.
• Create dynamic setup/installation programs.
• Create training/Education courses, quizzes, surveys or demos that require dynamic content that you want to distribute on CD or the Internet.

• Ideal for Web Services and displaying data.

HSP and .NET

HSP makes Internet Explorer the perfect front-end for new Web Services .NET technology. Using HSP, you can easily call a WebService and display result data. Read this MSDN article about how this is being done in Excel and think how much cooler it will look in the IE browser.

Conclusion

There are an endless number of applications for HSP in Windows application that embed the IE web browser control. Using the IE browser control makes it much easier to display graphics and data in your applications. Additionally, since part of your program code is in HSP files, you can actually update your programs without recompiling your executable program - just update the HSP script file.