Please try this on multiple drives and networks. It automatically trims the path down so no need for editing them!!!

Please try this on multiple drives and networks. It automatically trims the path down so no need for editing them!!!

Works fine, but how can i cange the %wpipath% into my own path (%AppsRoot%)??

The same way you did before maybe???

@sp00f

Works fine, but how can i cange the %wpipath% into my own path (%AppsRoot%)??

You could use %root% instead of %AppsRoot% or you can change the code in configwizard.js at line 824 and 827 to reflect your new name.

	else if (str.indexOf(root) != -1)
	{
		trimpath=root;
		trimpathvar="%root%";
	}

@sp00f

Works fine, but how can i cange the %wpipath% into my own path (%AppsRoot%)??

You could use %root% instead of %AppsRoot% or you can change the code in configwizard.js at line 824 and 827 to reflect your new name.

	else if (str.indexOf(root) != -1)
	{
		trimpath=root;
		trimpathvar="%root%";
	}

thx

But doesnt work

Edited June 28, 200719 yr by sp00f

Did you ever have %AppsRoot% working in previous versions? You probably would have defined that variable and used it within the "ReplacePath" function in core.js. How did you define that variable?

Did you ever have %AppsRoot% working in previous versions? You probably would have defined that variable and used it within the "ReplacePath" function in core.js. How did you define that variable?

yes i always use %AppsRoot%

function ReplacePath(v)
{	 
	position="core.js";	
	whatfunc="ReplacePath()";	

	var i, rs = new String(v);	

	rs = rs.replace(/%wpipath%/gi, wpipath);									// Replace WPI's special environment variables
	rs = rs.replace(/%root%/gi, root);											// WPI parent folder

	if (hdd=="")
		rs = rs.replace(/%cdrom%/gi, cddrv);									// started from cdrom 
	else
		rs = rs.replace(/%cdrom%/gi, hdd);									  // not started from cdrom

	rs = rs.replace(/%sysdir%/gi, sysdir);									  // same as before  
	rs = rs.replace(/%dospath%/gi, dospath);									// new variable
	rs = rs.replace(/%oslang%/gi, oslang);										// operating system language code
	rs = rs.replace(/%reboot% /gi, 'shutdown.exe -r -f -t ');					// force a reboot after X seconds
	rs = rs.replace(/%reboot%/gi, 'shutdown.exe -r -f -t 0');					// force a reboot now
	rs = rs.replace(/%sleep%/gi, wpipath+"\\Tools\\Sleep.exe");					// Pause for x seconds

	rs = rs.replace(/%extract%/gi, '"'+wpipath+"\\WPIScripts\\ExtractToPath.vbs"+'"');					// Archive Extraction

And how do i change this?

Edited June 30, 200719 yr by sp00f

Thanks Kel,

This works perfect for me using internal/external HD. Have not tried yet using NAS.

@sp00f

Didn't see where %AppsRoot% was defined for you but, In the ConfigWizard.js code for trimming paths, place AppsRoot at the top of the list so the function doesn't resolve to one of the other variables before it gets to yours...it will resolve to the first condition met in the switch statement.

Example:

	if (str.indexOf(root) != -1)
	{
		trimpath=AppsRoot;
		trimpathvar="%AppsRoot%";
	}
	else if (str.indexOf(wpipath) != -1)	
	{
		trimpath=wpipath;
		trimpathvar="%wpipath%";	//Could have used %cdrom%
	}
...the rest of the function

If still no luck, go back and check that the AppsRoot variable is defined as something. I'll try to walk through the steps if I were going to create a new variable...

In Globals.js, define the variable - I've added this to line 105

	var AppsRoot = new String();

In Core.js, resolve and set AppsRoot to the path you would like (lines 19 and 20), I've used the Install Path for this example:

	// %AppsRoot%
	AppsRoot = wpipath+"\\Install";

In Core.js, set up variable for ReplacePath (line 334):

function ReplacePath(v)
{	 
	position="core.js";	
	whatfunc="ReplacePath()";	

	var i, rs = new String(v);	

	rs = rs.replace(/%wpipath%/gi, wpipath);									// Replace WPI's special environment variables
	rs = rs.replace(/%root%/gi, root);											// WPI parent folder
	rs = rs.replace(/%AppsRoot%/gi, AppsRoot);
...the rest of the function

That should do it!

This is really nice

@sp00f

Didn't see where %AppsRoot% was defined for you but, In the ConfigWizard.js code for trimming paths, place AppsRoot at the top of the list so the function doesn't resolve to one of the other variables before it gets to yours...it will resolve to the first condition met in the switch statement.

Example:

	if (str.indexOf(root) != -1)
	{
		trimpath=AppsRoot;
		trimpathvar="%AppsRoot%";
	}
	else if (str.indexOf(wpipath) != -1)	
	{
		trimpath=wpipath;
		trimpathvar="%wpipath%";	//Could have used %cdrom%
	}
...the rest of the function

If still no luck, go back and check that the AppsRoot variable is defined as something. I'll try to walk through the steps if I were going to create a new variable...

In Globals.js, define the variable - I've added this to line 105

	var AppsRoot = new String();

In Core.js, resolve and set AppsRoot to the path you would like (lines 19 and 20), I've used the Install Path for this example:

	// %AppsRoot%
	AppsRoot = wpipath+"\\Install";

In Core.js, set up variable for ReplacePath (line 334):

function ReplacePath(v)
{	 
	position="core.js";	
	whatfunc="ReplacePath()";	

	var i, rs = new String(v);	

	rs = rs.replace(/%wpipath%/gi, wpipath);									// Replace WPI's special environment variables
	rs = rs.replace(/%root%/gi, root);											// WPI parent folder
	rs = rs.replace(/%AppsRoot%/gi, AppsRoot);
...the rest of the function

That should do it!

Doesnt work for me

sp00f,

Any chance of showing us how you were defining %AppsRoot% previously and what your folder structure is? May help in trying to figure out why it's not working for you.

BTW: Thanks Kel for adding the code to WPI v6.1! Once again, another great release of WPI!

I use WPI in Vista, and to run it i have this in my autounattend.xml, in 4.Specialize, RunSynchronous:

cmd /c "FOR %i IN (C D E F G H I J K L N M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %i:\AppsRoot.txt SETX AppsRoot %i:\ -m"

AppsRoot.txt is in the root of the dvd.

So my paths look like this (Example) :

%AppsRoot%\Install\WPI\install\oemlogo\INTELcore2OEM.exe

Edited July 31, 200719 yr by sp00f

sp00f,

How is that variable being exposed to WPI...I don't think it can the way you are implementing it. You'll have to read it into WPI even if you make it an environment variable (look in core.js:function=ReplacePath for samples of creating your own variables and globals.js for reading in environment variables).