Help making .exe file

[ThatBlockishWay]

Is there a way to make an exe file that paths to an html file and opens it? I know there's gotta be but I can't find anything that tells me how.. (Also Im kinda a nub at coding so please don't expect too much outta me)

[NelizMastr]

I think all you need for this is a simple batch file. You could also, y'know, make a shortcut to the HTML file on your desktop as that basically does the same thing  

[givingtnt]

8 minutes ago, ThatBlockishWay said:

Is there a way to make an exe file that paths to an html file and opens it? I know there's gotta be but I can't find anything that tells me how.. (Also Im kinda a nub at coding so please don't expect too much outta me)

I mean, you could just create a shortcut and place it wherever.

much simpler than building a whole application just to launch a web page..

[LUUD18]

14 minutes ago, ThatBlockishWay said:

Is there a way to make an exe file that paths to an html file and opens it? I know there's gotta be but I can't find anything that tells me how.. (Also Im kinda a nub at coding so please don't expect too much outta me)

What are you trying to achieve?

[mikat]

20 minutes ago, ThatBlockishWay said:

Is there a way to make an exe file that paths to an html file and opens it? I know there's gotta be but I can't find anything that tells me how.. (Also Im kinda a nub at coding so please don't expect too much outta me)

you don't need an extra .exe, simply clicking an html file will also open the file in the browser

[ThatBlockishWay]

1 hour ago, LUUD18 said:

What are you trying to achieve?

Im making a little text based adventure game using html and I need an exe or something to launch the first file, figured thatd be better than having the player try to navigate until they found 'start'

[ThatBlockishWay]

1 hour ago, NelizMastr said:

I think all you need for this is a simple batch file. You could also, y'know, make a shortcut to the HTML file on your desktop as that basically does the same thing  

Maybe...I don't want the player thinking its a suspicious file or somthing though

[Franck]

Simple create a batch or a shortcut file with the naming you want.

[BenCamps]

I think electron would work well for what you are trying, which essentially allow you to create an application using HTML, JS and CSS.

[ThatBlockishWay]

9 minutes ago, BenCamps said:

I think electron would work well for what you are trying, which essentially allow you to create an application using HTML, JS and CSS.

From what I can tell this looks really useful, thanks

[ThatBlockishWay]

15 minutes ago, Franck said:

Simple create a batch or a shortcut file with the naming you want.

I might go ahead and do that, I think a batch would be suspiscous looking though. Is making an exe a pain?

[Franck]

50 minutes ago, ThatBlockishWay said:

I might go ahead and do that, I think a batch would be suspiscous looking though. Is making an exe a pain?

No making an exe is very easy. But batch and exe could be block by anti virus from launching. In your case a shortcut link is probably the easiest solution.

 

On top of my head launching a file in an exe is 1 line of code in any language.

 

C# : System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("myfile.html");

Java : Process process = new ProcessBuilder("myfile.html").start();

[ThatBlockishWay]

1 minute ago, Franck said:

No making an exe is very easy. But batch and exe could be block by anti virus from launching. In your case a shortcut link is probably the easiest solution.

 

On top of my head launching a file in an exe is 1 line of code in any language.

 

C# : System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("myfile.html");

Java : Process process = new ProcessBuilder("myfile.html").start();

I hadn't even considered that, thanks