How to get Xpode to work ?

[chezy666]

Just cant get it to work, here is the log,

-=-=-=-=-=-=-> XPlode start at: 04/07/24 02:50:34
XPlode {
  Loading Plugins (SDK2.0) {
    Load successful: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlodeAdduserPlugin2.xpd2
    Load successful: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlodeExamplePlugin2.xpd2
    Load successful: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlodeExecutePlugin2.xpd2
    Load successful: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlodeFSOpsPlugin2.xpd2
    Load successful: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlodeRegistryPlugin2.xpd2
    Load successful: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlodeShortcutPlugin2.xpd2
  }
  Registering commands {
    Command: addgroup, (0,1)
    Command: adduser, (0,0)
    Command: copy, (3,0)
    Command: delete, (3,2)
    Command: example, (1,0)
    Command: execute, (2,0)
    Command: move, (3,1)
    Command: registry, (4,0)
    Command: shortcut, (5,0)
  }
  Commandline Parameter: '/help:', Value: ''
  Commandline Parameter: '/xml:', Value: 'D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlode.xml'
  Parsing XML: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlode.xml {
    Error opening XML file: D:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\main script\XPLODE\XPlode.xml
    Invalid XML syntax.
    Check UNICODE encoding?
  }
  Starting dialog {
  }
  Execution thread {
  }
-=-=-=-=-=-=-> XPlode end at: 04/07/24 02:50:34

here is the xml

<XPlode>
	<config>
  <hidewindow>Windows Update</hidewindow>
  <hidewindow>CMD.EXe</hidewindow>
  <show 
 	 total='6'
 	 after='2'
 	 subcount='true' 
  />
  
  <!-- make antialiasing false if you're running GUIinstall mode -->
  <font 
 	 face='Tahoma' 
 	 antialias='false' 
 	 small='8' 
 	 large='12'
  />
  
  <!-- note the position attribute - it is listed in 'x,y' positions. -->
  <!-- 0..8 still may be used. -->
  <window 
 	 width='440' 
 	 position='8' 
 	 fixmain='0' 
  />
  
  <!-- can be standalone, guitransparent, or guiredraw -->
  <!-- for the latter two, you don't need to specify background colours, or images. -->
  <windowmode 
 	 mode='standalone'
  />
  <colours>
 	 <header 
    back='#003399' 
    fore='#FFFFFF' 
    image='%XPLODE%\images\head.png' 
 	 />
 	 <footer 
    back='#003399' 
    fore='#FFFFFF' 
    image='%XPLODE%\images\foot.png' 
 	 />
 	 <progress 
    border='#FFFFFF' 
    back='#00000000' 
    fore='#FFFFFFAA' 
    fore2='#00000033' 
 	 />	
 	 <main 
    back='#FF00FF' 
    fore='#FFFFFF' 
    current='#FFFF00' 
    description='#FFFFFF' 
    image='%XPLODE%\main.png' 
    overlay='#FFFFFF22'
 	 />
  </colours>

  <strings>
 	 <!-- main XPlode string -->
 	 <title>Post-Install Configuration</title>
 	 <complete>complete</complete>
 	 <!-- adduser plugin strings -->
 	 <adduser>Adding user #1#</adduser>
 	 <addusertogroup>Adding user #1# to group #2#</addusertogroup>
 	 <addgroup>Adding group #1#</addgroup>    
 	 <!-- file/dir ops plugin strings -->
 	 <copy>Copying #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</copy>
 	 <move>Moving #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</move>
 	 <delete>Deleting #1# (#3#)</delete>
 	 <!-- shortcut plugin -->
 	 <shortcut>Adding shortcut: #1#</shortcut> 	 
  </strings>
	</config>
	<items>  
<item display='Microsoft Windows XP Pre-SP2 Patches - Critical'>
 	 <execute 
    display='Q324230 - A Domain Driver-Signing Policy Is Not Applied (1 of 38).' 
    program='D:\Slipstreaming_Project\Completed\patches\Q324230_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe' 
    arguments='/q /n /o /z'
    />
 	 
 	 
</item>  
	</items>
</XPlode>

any idea of whats going wrong

[MCT]

open it with IE the xml will give an output like

*Test

invalid parameter___^

[chezy666]

whoa, that was a fast reply.

[chezy666]

nope, this is what it gives.

- <XPlode>
- <config>
  <hidewindow>Windows Update</hidewindow> 
  <hidewindow>CMD.EXe</hidewindow> 
  <show total="6" after="2" subcount="true" /> 
- <!--  make antialiasing false if you're running GUIinstall mode 
  --> 
  <font face="Tahoma" antialias="false" small="8" large="12" /> 
- <!--  note the position attribute - it is listed in 'x,y' positions. 
  --> 
- <!--  0..8 still may be used. 
  --> 
  <window width="440" position="8" fixmain="0" /> 
- <!--  can be standalone, guitransparent, or guiredraw 
  --> 
- <!--  for the latter two, you don't need to specify background colours, or images. 
  --> 
  <windowmode mode="standalone" /> 
- <colours>
  <header back="#003399" fore="#FFFFFF" image="%XPLODE%\images\head.png" /> 
  <footer back="#003399" fore="#FFFFFF" image="%XPLODE%\images\foot.png" /> 
  <progress border="#FFFFFF" back="#00000000" fore="#FFFFFFAA" fore2="#00000033" /> 
  <main back="#FF00FF" fore="#FFFFFF" current="#FFFF00" description="#FFFFFF" image="%XPLODE%\main.png" overlay="#FFFFFF22" /> 
  </colours>
- <strings>
- <!--  main XPlode string 
  --> 
  <title>Post-Install Configuration</title> 
  <complete>complete</complete> 
- <!--  adduser plugin strings 
  --> 
  <adduser>Adding user #1#</adduser> 
  <addusertogroup>Adding user #1# to group #2#</addusertogroup> 
  <addgroup>Adding group #1#</addgroup> 
- <!--  file/dir ops plugin strings 
  --> 
  <copy>Copying #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</copy> 
  <move>Moving #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</move> 
  <delete>Deleting #1# (#3#)</delete> 
- <!--  shortcut plugin 
  --> 
  <shortcut>Adding shortcut: #1#</shortcut> 
  </strings>
  </config>
- <items>
- <item display="Microsoft Windows XP Pre-SP2 Patches - Critical">
  <execute display="Q324230 - A Domain Driver-Signing Policy Is Not Applied (1 of 38)." program="D:\Slipstreaming_Project\Completed\patches\Q324230_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe" arguments="/q /n /o /z" /> 
  </item>
  </items>
  </XPlode>

[MCT]

ya, i troll the forums

[MCT]

try using ' instead of "

[chezy666]

something was surely wrong, I opened the xml with wordpad, and said save in unicode format, that semed to cure it.It works now.