Believe me I have tried almost everything what you can do with that COM component.

Set objWIM = WScript.CreateObject("GImageX.GImageXCtrl", "objWIM_")

You cant define an object like this in HTA. It doesn't support multithreaded objects. I actually find another solution that works in Windows XP andVista but not in WinPE:(

What if you open up a VBS script window to display the progress rather right in the HTA itself would that work?? Or run it behind the HTA and have it put the output into a text file then have the HTA read the text file? Maybe name the text file what ever the percentage is and just have HTA refresh that directory showing the percentage (taken from the name of the text file)???? Just throwing some ideas out.

The current release is using that COM component and it works nicely, but the progress bar doesn't work. If you find bugs please report them here.

I actually found one and I will repair it in the next version. I wish that I could some how show the progressbar also. I actually have the progress indicator working in the HTA if you are using it from the Windows XP or Vista. You just have to define the com component a bit different.

Sorry haven't tried your HTA in a while. So nothing from this code works? Can you get time remaining? If so could you use that to calculate progress????

Set objWIM = WScript.CreateObject("GImageX.GImageXCtrl", "objWIM_")

objWIM.Source = "test.wim"
objWIM.Destination = "c:\test"
objWIM.ImageIndex = 1
objWIM.Check = TRUE
objWIM.Verify = TRUE
objWIM.ApplyImage

WScript.DisconnectObject objWIM
Set objWIM = Nothing


Sub objWIM_Progress(Percent, TimeRemaining)
	WScript.Echo Percent & "% - " & TimeRemaining & " sec(s)"
	' Abort the operation by using the line below
	'objWim.Abort = TRUE
End Sub

Sub objWIM_ProgressInfo(Info)
	WScript.Echo Info
End Sub

I updated the com based ImageX.hta, but there is currently no support for progress indicator. If you find a way to show the progress indicator it would be more than nice.

Take a look at this: ImageX COM

The author of AutoIt wrote up a COM for imagex and made a GUI for it and shows a progress. Maybe you can implement the use of the COM to grab the progress???

Anyway to make the list of found images inside of a wim file split up into multiple columns instead of 1 big one? I have a wim with about 21 images in it and so everything gets pushed off and the hta window is not scrollable.

Trying to get this autoit script to authenticate a password and group member in WinPE 2.0 (VistaPE)

$oMyError = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "ComError")

$username = Inputbox("Username",'Enter your username',"","",200,100,-1,-1)
$password = Inputbox("Password",'Enter your password',"","*M",200,100,-1,-1)
$domain = ""
$group = ""

If Uservalidate($domain, $username, $password, $group) = 0 then
	MsgBox(16 + 262144, "Error", "Try again", 8)
EndIf

Func UserValidate($Domain, $UserName, $Password, $InGroup = "")
	Local $NameSpace = ObjGet("WinNT:")
	Local $ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION = 0x0001
	Local $DomObj = $NameSpace.OpenDSObject ("WinNT//" & $Domain, $UserName, $Password, $ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION)
	If @error <> 0 Then Return 0
	Return 1
EndFunc  ;==>UserValidate

Func ComError()
	If IsObj($oMyError) Then
		$HexNumber = Hex($oMyError.number, 8)
		SetError($HexNumber)
	Else
		SetError(1)
	EndIf
EndFunc  ;==>ComError

Keep getting errors on ObjGet command.

Before I pull my hair out is this even possible in WinPE2.0 environment? Am I wasting my time? Is there another method?

I think I'm going to add option to also allow Remote Desktop connections to the WinPe and so on..

I'll be VERY interested in this!!!

I think the USB boot is a lot quicker if the target computer supports high speed usb on the boot. But if it uses USB 1.1 then the CD-boot method is a lot quicker.

I've managed to get VistaPE booted via PXE using TFTP32 app. Much quicker than CD and no need to carry one around. Really comes down to if the nic supports pxe booting and it can be tricky to setup too. I haven't tried with just WinPE but don't see it being any different.

Is it "safe" to do a quick format or is it best to do a full format? This part seems to take a LONG time and anything to speed it up would help. Is there another tool that would do a quicker full format?

Ran it quick in VistaPE. Noticed that after running it once each time after that I get access denied. Haven't had time to look into it but will see if I can either today or tomorrow.

You can also use INI format as well so that it is as such:

[PCNAME]

IP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Machine=type

Model=number

etc..

Then have it in a drop down list of the PCNAME's then it would just read the IP address and connect to it as such.

geezery,

I have some experience with AutoIt that I may be able to help with. I've created a RC tool for my team that will push out a VNC service (using RealVNC) to remote computers and such. Some experience with WIM in AutoIt (not a whole lot but do use some of the WIM features in AutoIt to get PC information). Your admin console sounds exactly what I could use this for and would be willing to test it out with you.

Well if you pipe it to a text file you won't see any windows flashing and then just read the text file. Thats one way.

Anyway to make it execute imagex /info command hidden? Don't like to see the black dos box popup when selecting your wim and getting the list of images.

imagexguiv0_24.zip

And here's the v24 of the hta

Let me know if this works.

Having trouble witht he script. Keeps coming up with Type Mismatch for VolInfo. Tried DIM'ing it in the Globals but no luck.

browse.rar

Was able to unzip with winrar but not sure if there are any missing files. Here is what I got in the zip:

append.gif - 2k

capture.gif - 2k

cmd.gif - 2k

drvmap.vbs - 1k

exit.gif - 2k

htastyle.css - 2k

imagex24.hta - 16k

reload.gif - 2k

Trying it out now. I had added a button for Rdeploy since we use that too to the toolbar so don't want to just replace what I have. I'll let you know how it works.

You check this out for drive mapping?

http://www.ss64.com/wsh/drivemap.html

Be nice to prompt to map a drive first.

I think I found the issue. My file path was set to M:\vistape. After doing some msgbox's I realized it should have been M:\Vistape\. Once I added the last \ it then processed my wim files. Feel sooooo stupid

I hardcoded this line to the hta file:

Set oExec = oShell.Exec("imagex.exe /info " + strFile)

to this

Set oExec = oShell.Exec("imagex.exe /info m:\vistape\mywim.wim")

One I did that I was able to view that wims image number and description.

It appears it has something to do with this:

Set objSel1 = window.document.getElementById("select1")

strFile = myFilepath + objSel1.options(objSel1.selectedindex).text

??

p4ntb0y->

Do you know how I can get this dialog to work on Winpe v2. It works on Windows XP, but not on WinPe based system.

Here is the full sub, just make a button to call it. I also tried BrowseForFolder method and safrcdlg.CommonDialog and none of them work in Winpe. I noticed that in winpe's notepad there is a nice dialog when opening files. I wonder how I can call it?

'****************************************************************************
'* Browse Folder Button
'****************************************************************************

Sub Browse

	Dim objDialog, FilePath, JustPath, objFile
	Set objDialog = CreateObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog")
	objDialog.Filter = "Wim Files|*.wim|All Files|*.*"
	objDialog.FilterIndex = 1
	objDialog.InitialDir = myFilePath
	FilePath = objDialog.ShowOpen
If FilePath = 0 Then
	Exit Sub
Else

	FilePath = objDialog.FileName
	Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(FilePath)
	MyFilePath = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(FilePath) & "\"
	Window_Onload
End If
End Sub

Have you taken a look here?

http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_36250/tm.htm

powaking->

Can you make a test in VistaPe?

Copy this code to notepad and change the filename.wim to your wim filename. Then Save it to same folder where the wim is i. e. test.vb script: test.vbs

Tried it but got this error:

Line: 6

Char: 1

Error: The system cannot find the file specified

Code: 800700002

Source: WshShell.Exec

I even issued a cscript //H:WScript for giggles and got the same results.

BUT

I then relealized I hadn't copied the required wim files into the system32. Once I did that then I got the msgbox displaying the WIMs information. So looks like we are heading in the right direction.

Now just need to make a plugin for Vistape to copy these files to the system32 folder (so I don't have to manually do it each and every time).

Edit:

If I add this:

Do While Not oExec.StdOut.AtEndOfStream

sReadLine = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine

pos = Instr(1, sReadLine, "<DESCRIPTION>", 1)

if pos = 0 then

else

msgbox pos

end if

loop

To the Test.vbs all I get is 5 for the value of pos.

Edit #2: (Sorry but I think this is it and we can work from here)

This works. It displays the Image number, description and name

CAll Volumes

Redim strNames(0)

Redim strIndx(0)

Redim strDesc(0)

Sub Volumes

Dim oExec,OShell, list

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set oExec = oShell.Exec("imagex.exe /info i:\vistape\MyWim.wim")

Do While Not oExec.StdOut.AtEndOfStream

sReadLine = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine

pos = Instr(1, sReadLine, "<NAME>", 1)

pos2 = Instr(1, sReadLine, "<IMAGE ", 1)

pos3= Instr(1, sReadLine, "<DESCRIPTION>", 1)

If pos2 > 0 Then

i = i + 1

Redim Preserve strIndx(i)

Redim Preserve strNames(i)

Redim Preserve strDesc(i)

strDesc(i) = "NO DESCRIPTION"

tmpStr1 = Right(sReadLine, Len(sReadLine) - (pos2 + 13))

strIndx(i) = Left(tmpStr1, Len(tmpStr1) -3) 'increased to 3 to remove the additional "

msgbox strIndx(i)

End If

If pos > 0 Then

tmpStr1 = Right(sReadLine, Len(sReadLine) - (pos + 5))

strNames(i) = Left(tmpStr1, Len(tmpStr1) -8)

msgbox strNames(i)

End If

If pos3 > 0 Then

tmpStr1 = Right(sReadLine, Len(sReadLine) - (pos3 + 12))

strDesc(i) = Left(tmpStr1, Len(tmpStr1) -15)

msgbox strDesc(i)

End If

loop

End Sub

When I incorporated this into your hta I still don't get the information in the hta.

@powaking

Forgive my ignorance, but when you talk about Vista PE, are you just talking about WinPE 2.0 (the version created with the latest WAIK that is a cut down/basic version of Windows Vista), or is this some new custom system, like Bart PE?

I guess you can say it is like BartPE. It uses either Vista source or WAIK to build a wim file. Here is the website for the VistaPE project: http://vistape.boot-land.net/eng/about.html

It does use the WinPE2.0 core with the addition of adding a shell and the ability to use 32bit tools.

@Geezery

I tried the WinPE.wim file from the WAIK booting via PXE on a machine and when I attempted to launch the hta file I was presented with a Open With dialog box. Sorry, haven't really played around with WinPE itself, been focused on the VistaPE project myself. Would like to get a gui working for wim files as this might be the choice we will be moving towards in our environment (currently using RDeploy for our imaging needs).

Nightman has made the following available: WSH, MDAC, HTA, WMI and XML. Although that plugin is in beta so I would have to say that it might not be fully supported. Everything else in your hta works it just doesn't list the images, description or lay the image down on the hard drive. The autoit tool does.

Well, I'm doing this from VistaPE (made with Winbuilder) I haven't done this scrictly in a WinPE environment. I did try the AutoIt gui and after modifying it a bit it did display the images and description and also layed the image down.

I haven't tried it with the wim file from the AIK, I'll give that a try and am using imagex 6.0.6000.16386

When it finds my wim file it does not display the images contained (but I can select the radio button) and it also does not display the image decription.

Any ideas?