XML in WinPE

[Michael_W]

Hello Everyone,

A question: Has anyone ever tried to include xml into winpe? I would like to transfer my ini files to xml, but I can't get it to work. When I register the msxml3.dll in PE I get an error..

Thanks to all that can help

Mike

[Michael_W]

Well... I already got it working now :-)).

Turned out to be really simple...... if anyone wants to know the sollution (I guess not since nobody responded ;-))) than just send me a mail.

Mike

[likuidkewl]

sure man post it up....

[MrCobra]

Would love to know as well

[Michael_W]

Well glad that I can contribute to the cause.

What I’m trying to accomplish is to transfer my *.ini files to XML format, so they can be used to configure the deployment process. We want to use a combination of VBS, HTA, WMI (With WINPE 2.0) and XML. And now we can

Actually it’s a strait forward process to determine the dll files needed for XML processing. First we experimented with XML and discovered the “Microsoft.XMLDOM” object. This object can be traced back to the msxml3.dll file. This is the file you need to use XML in WinPE. But that’s not all!!. The msxml3.dll file has two sidekicks (aka resources) that you also need to include in your PE build, msxml3a.dll and msxml3r.dll. Just put them into your System32 directory and register the msxml3.dll file. Here’s a small step by step:

• Copy msxml3.dll, msxml3a.dll and msxml3r.dll from you original XP distribution media (Use the same servicepack level as your PE distribution!!) to the System32 directory of WinPE.

• Edit your OC2.bat file to include the following:

• regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\System32\msxml3.dll /s

And that’s really it. If you want to know more about the “Microsoft.XMLDOM” object then I would recommend the following site: http://www.w3schools.com/. It’s really created to aid web developers, but it’s really easy to make it work in VBS.

Hope you can make use of this information

Have fun,

Regards,

Michael Waterman

[likuidkewl]

Thanks for that information!

[MrCobra]

Thank you very much for the info.

[jice68]

If someone has an error when use regsvr32 (like me )

Use the reg file :http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=32434&st=0&p=312229entry312229

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[purejamie]

Good work - thanks for the info

[Jazkal]

Anyone been able to get this to work in WinPE 2005 with Win2k3 SP1 as the source.

I've tried both the dll registration and the import of the reg entries, not working with either.

[JuMz]

Hey fella's

I am a fellow WinPE user that installs XP unattended using winnt32. What advantage does enabling XML give me?

[Michael_W]

If you want you can use XML istead of INI or INF files for your input. XML is more dynamic.

Michael

[JuMz]

I do not know how to write XML but do wish to make use of it. I simply want to have a small form that allows me write to the unattend.txt to change the following settings...Name, Company, Workgroup...is this even physically possible or am I just dreaming...

I can already see a problem in that we are not able to write to the DVD (which obviously has my unattend.txt file) so I am guessing I will have to use the ram drive method (great...something else I need to figure out how to work...) ...Any ideas guys?

[Asterm]

alexm posted a solution in this very same forum and also attached an "xml.reg" to use like it "regedit /s xml.reg". Just look