likuidkewl Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I am trying to get a .bmp to be the background of a .HTA file in windowsPE and it is just not working. I am wondering if anyone knows a way to make this work. I don't want to have to add explorer and IE to make this work either, so if anyone knows of a way please feel free.Here is the begining of the .hta file<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>WinPE Recovery and Install disc</TITLE> <HTA:APPLICATION ID="oApp" WINDOWSTATE="Normal" BORDER="none" INNERBORDER="Yes" SHOWINTASKBAR="yes" SCROLL="No" APPLICATIONNAME="WinPE Recovery Console" NAVIGABLE="yes"> <style type="text/css"> TD {font-size:8pt} input {font-size:8pt} H5 {font-size:10pt; font-style:bold} </style> </HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="000000"><BODY BACKGROUND="file:///%systemdrive%\i386\system32\InstallBG.bmp"><FONT COLOR="White" FACE="times"><H2><Center>Welcome to the WinPE Installation and Recovery CD.</Center></H2><Center>Designed by Likuidkewl</Center><script language="VBscript">Dim WshShell : Set WSHShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")Dim WshNetwork : Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")Dim Fso : Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")sub window_onload() window.resizeto 640, 480 window.moveTo 112, 84end sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted May 15, 2004 Author Share Posted May 15, 2004 Thought this fixed it but it didn't<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>WinPE Recovery and Install disc</TITLE> <HTA:APPLICATION ID="oApp" WINDOWSTATE="Normal" BORDER="none" INNERBORDER="Yes" SHOWINTASKBAR="yes" SCROLL="No" APPLICATIONNAME="WinPE Recovery Console" NAVIGABLE="yes"> <style type="text/css"> TD {font-size:8pt} input {font-size:8pt} H5 {font-size:10pt; font-style:bold} </style> </HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="#000066"><FONT COLOR="000000" FACE="times"><H2><Center>Welcome to the WinPE Installation and Recovery CD.</Center></H2><Center>Designed by Likuidkewl</Center><script id=clientEventHandlersVBS language=vbscript>Dim WshShell : Set WSHShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")Dim WshNetwork : Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")Dim Fso : Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")sub window_onload() window.resizeto 450, 400 window.moveTo 112, 84 window.document.body.background = "file:///"+ _ WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%SystemRoot%") + _ "\Scripts\installbg.bmp"end subsub Diskpart_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\DiskPart.cmd"end SubThe whole code is not posted, due to the nature of the question asked, but if anyone wants to see it, I can post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McCormick Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 Can you post the whole code? I like to se it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted May 15, 2004 Author Share Posted May 15, 2004 <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>WinPE Recovery and Install disc</TITLE> <HTA:APPLICATION ID="oApp" WINDOWSTATE="Normal" BORDER="none" INNERBORDER="Yes" SHOWINTASKBAR="yes" SCROLL="No" APPLICATIONNAME="WinPE Recovery Console" NAVIGABLE="yes"> <style type="text/css"> TD {font-size:8pt} input {font-size:8pt} H5 {font-size:10pt; font-style:bold} </style> </HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="#000066"><FONT COLOR="000000" FACE="times"><H2><Center>Welcome to the WinPE Installation and Recovery CD.</Center></H2><Center>Designed by Likuidkewl</Center><script id=clientEventHandlersVBS language=vbscript>Dim WshShell : Set WSHShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")Dim WshNetwork : Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")Dim Fso : Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")sub window_onload() window.resizeto 450, 400 window.moveTo 112, 84 window.document.body.background = "file:///"+ _ WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%SystemRoot%") + _ "\Scripts\installbg.bmp"end subsub Diskpart_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\DiskPart.cmd"end Subsub explorer_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\explorer.vbs"end Subsub Notepad_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\notepad.vbs"end Subsub Readme_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\Readme.vbs"end Subsub run_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\run.vbs"end Subsub run_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\pro.vbs"end Subsub run_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\home.vbs"end Subsub reboot_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\reboot.vbs"end Subsub shutdown_onclick() WshShell.Run "%systemdrive%\Scripts\shutdown.vbs"end Sub</script><BR></BR><Table><table align="Center" cellspacing="0" width="75%"><TR><TD align=Left><INPUT Type="Button" ID="Readme" Value="Readme"> View the Readme</TD></TR><TR><TD align=Left><INPUT Type="Button" ID="Diskpart" Value="Diskpart"> !WARNING! see Readme</TD></TR><TR><TD align=Left><INPUT Type="Button" ID="Explorer" Value="Explorer"> Browse the hard drive</TD></TR></TR><TR><TD align=Left><INPUT Type="Button" ID="Run" Value="Open Run"> Open the run box</TD></TR></TR><TR><TD align=Left><INPUT Type="Button" ID="Notepad" Value="Notepad"> Edit scripts</TD></TR></TR><TR><TD align=Left><INPUT Type="Button" ID="Pro" Value="XP Prof"> Install Windows XP</TD></TR></TR><TR><TD align=Left><INPUT Type="Button" ID="Home" Value="XP Home"> Install Windows XP</TD></TR></TR><TR><TD align=Left><BUTTON onclick="self.close()"> Exit</BUTTON> Back to command prompt</TD></TR><TR><TD align=right><INPUT Type="Button" ID="reboot" Value="Reboot"></align></TD></TR><TR><TD align=right><INPUT Type="Button" ID="shutdown" Value="Shutdown"></TD></TR></Table></BODY> </HTML> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McCormick Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McCormick Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 Have you tried to put the background in the same dir as the htm file and use:<BODY BGCOLOR="000000" BACKGROUND="../InstallBG.bmp"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted May 15, 2004 Author Share Posted May 15, 2004 Yeah tried that too, still nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbouchard Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I just tried the line below and was able to get it working, the picture was in the same folder as the hta <BODY BACKGROUND="test.jpg"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 I just tried the line below and was able to get it working, the picture was in the same folder as the hta <BODY BACKGROUND="test.jpg">Just out of curiosity did you use a VM or an actual cd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbouchard Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I used a VM. Have not checked on a CD. Will try it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbouchard Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 I finally got around to testing this and yes it did work off of the CD.Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted May 25, 2004 Author Share Posted May 25, 2004 Thanks when I get around to it again, I will see what my issue is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emila67 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I used a VM. Have not checked on a CD. Will try it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-H Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 @emila67 You are aware the previous post to yours was 18 years ago?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Dave-H reply not that timely either. But if you have to bump an old topic, it is best to at least add something to it. I have no answer on how to put a BMP as the background since JPG seems to work just fine. The issue nowadays is not the difference between 4:3 and 16:9 or 10, it is that some hardware seems to be able to stretch the background fine to fit, and some do not. And forget about 4K displays. There doesn't seem to be a good way around getting one singular HTA at fullscreen to be able to reliably fit the background image on multiple different aspect ratios, resolutions and video controllers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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