[Selfmade Autorun...]

@TrooperMan

......

To run an external app via PHP use

popen("dir", "r");

......

That should work.

Thanks TrooperMan, that worked well. though you see a CMD window popup for a second before execution begins

-- i'm also able to pass switches to the executable (exe's in the path can be included)

eg

popen("explorer.exe /e", "r");

I don't know what happened to the run: command, will check that.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

also problems with the close: command...

it causes about:blank DNS error

.... i managed to get around it with a call to

popen("taskkill /IM autorun.exe", "r");

but the link code below only shuts the browser and causes OS errors

<input type="button" value="Close Window" onclick="window.close()">

dave

[Selfmade Autorun...]

@fingers:

I ran into the same problem as you did and this is because I just can push the PHP output to the Browser (which is an IE instance, right) and can NOT modify the Address the browser thinks it is showing. Basically the Browser is located at about:blank when showing PHP results.

I don't have much time at the moment but I will fix that as soon as possible (if it IS possible)

I had finally finished a nice face with lots of controls with php but had to give up as there was no way to execute an application even with exec()-pity

I will also create a dynamic Version of that DHTML Menu I used, so that one can use an INI-File (or XML or whatever) rather than playing with the JavaScript source, which can be very disturbing.

Your not wrong about the javascript code you used, I had to try to study it to see how to aply switches to setup.exe -- with no success, not even for explorer /e

without the ability to add switches it is limited as an installer...

Anyway: I would like to see some more Designs. Anyone made something new and wants to post it?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

[Selfmade Autorun...]

I'm Stoked!

Excellent App

Tried the PHP beta and it works!! only 1 thing required was i had to include the code

$roots = str_replace ( "\\", "\\\\", dirname(__FILE__));

to access any images and external javascripts and css files

which provides

<drive>\\folder of script 

//eg
D:\\PHP

Of course this could be due to my inability to edit the php.ini file for the app..

BTW is it running iexplore browser to render the script?

Brilliant! Thankyou

dave

[XMLInst Beta]

Hello! I have decided to post my tool I decided to call XMLInst. Stay tuned for source code, mates! Oh yeah, it loves CDs or DVDs labeled "WXPFPP_EN". Have fun!

Grab it here!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi

Any possible way to set the DISK label within an ini? or the XML file? in future release

dave

[installing hotfixes from a cmd file]

Hi first post.

You might try this site Updating XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 Without using Windows Update

ive used it to add the HotFixes in runonceex

his setup.cmd for win2k3

@Echo off
rem ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
rem // Setup.bat
rem // This Batch file runs the hotfixes for Windows 2003 SP1
rem // If the hotfix is already installed (checked by looking for reg key)
rem // then the installation is skipped.
rem ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

set Flags=/passive /norestart /nobackup

if "%~1" == "-p"  goto Process

rem ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

set RegKey=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Updates\Windows Server 2003\SP2

rem ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
rem // Main routine
rem // %1 contains Options
rem //

color 17
title Windows Server 2003 SP1 - 13 Hotfixes

echo ::: Installing Updates :::
echo.

call %0 -p KB896422 "WindowsServer2003-KB896422-x86-enu.exe"
call %0 -p KB896358 "WindowsServer2003-KB896358-x86-enu.exe"
call %0 -p KB890046 "WindowsServer2003-KB890046-x86-enu.exe"
call %0 -p KB896428 "WindowsServer2003-KB896428-x86-enu.exe"
call %0 -p KB883939 "WindowsServer2003-KB883939-x86-enu.exe"
call %0 -p KB898792 "WindowsServer2003-KB898792-v2-x86-enu.exe"
call %0 -p KB903235 "WindowsServer2003-KB903235-x86-ENU.exe"
call %0 -p KB901214 "WindowsServer2003-KB901214-x86-ENU.exe"
call %0 -p KB893756 "WindowsServer2003-KB893756-x86-ENU.exe"
call %0 -p KB899591 "WindowsServer2003-KB899591-x86-ENU.exe"
call %0 -p KB899587 "WindowsServer2003-KB899587-x86-ENU.exe"
call %0 -p KB896727 "WindowsServer2003-KB896727-x86-ENU.exe"
call %0 -p KB899588 "WindowsServer2003-KB899588-x86-ENU.exe"

echo.
echo ::: Done :::

echo.
pause

goto END

rem ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
rem ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
:Process
rem //
rem // %2 will contain the KB number
rem // %3 will contain the Exe file name
rem // %4 will contain any options passed originaly
rem //

rem //
rem // See if the Reg key exists, this indicates whether patch has already
rem // been installed
rem //
reg query "%RegKey%\%2" > nul 2>&1
if errorlevel 1 goto NeedToInstall

echo %2 - Already Installed. Skipping.
goto EndProcess

:NeedToInstall
echo %2 - Installing
%3 %Flags%

goto EndProcess

:EndProcess
goto END

rem ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

:END