XPlode help needed

**powerup** · January 29, 2007

Hi! I have made an CD with all the softwares like WPI,WIhu. Now i want to use XPlode . I searched the forums but couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer. Please help me!

**cluberti** · January 29, 2007

What exactly are you looking for assistance on? Are you looking for help creating the xml, or something else?

**powerup** · January 30, 2007

yes i want help on creating the xml. the xplode's pdf's are really complicated!

**cluberti** · January 31, 2007

Well, here's a working xPlode 4.x .xml file, for reference. Maybe this will help you understand:

<XPlode4>
	<config>
		<display plugin='#XPLODE#\XPlodeOriginalInstall.x4d'>
			<show 
				total='21' 
				after='19' 
				subcount='false' 
			/>
			<!-- make antialiasing false if you're running GUIinstall mode -->
			<font 
				face='Tahoma' 
				antialias='true' 
				small='8' 
				large='13' 
			/>
			<!-- note the position attribute - it is listed in 'x,y' positions. -->
			<!-- 0..8 still may be used. -->
			<window 
				position='4' 
			/>
			<!-- can be standalone, or guiredraw -->
			<!-- for the latter two, you don't need to specify background colours, or images. -->
			<windowmode 
				mode='standalone' 
				border='false' 
			/>
			<colours>
				<header 
					back='#003399' 
					fore='#FFFFFF' 
					image='#XPLODE#\images\head.png' 
				/>
				<footer 
					back='#003399' 
					fore='#FFFFFF' 
					image='#XPLODE#\images\foot.png' 
				/>
				<progress 
					border='#000000' 
					back='#FFFFFF' 
					fore='#008800' 
					fore2='#00AA00' 
				/>	
				<main 
					back='#6699FF' 
					fore='#FFFFFF' 
					current='#FFFF00' 
					description='#FFFFFF' 
					image='#XPLODE#\images\install.png' 
					overlay='#FFFFFF22' 
				/>
			</colours>
		</display>
		<environment>
			<!-- strings for the header/footer text -->
			<display.title> Installing Applications </display.title>
			<display.complete> Complete </display.complete>
		</environment>
	</config>
	<items>
	 	<item display='.NET Framework 2.0'>
			<execute display='.NET Framework 2.0'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\dotnetfx\dotnet20.exe</program>
				<arguments>/q:a /c:"install /l /q"</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
	 	<item display='Virtual Machine Additions'>
			<execute display='Virtual Machine Additions'>
				<program>C:\DRIVERS\VM\virtualmachineadditions.msi</program>
				<arguments>REBOOT=ReallySuppress</arguments>
				<hide>false</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
	 	<item display='Windows Critical Updates'>
			<execute display='Windows Journal Viewer'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\jrnlvwr\jrnlvwr.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='HighMat CD Wizard'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\hotfix\HMTCDWizard_enu.exe</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Multi Desktop Manager'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\xppower\deskman.exe</program>
				<arguments>/v/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Task Switcher'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\xppower\taskstch.exe</program>
				<arguments>/v/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Fast User Switcher'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\xppower\fastuser.msi</program>
				<arguments>TRANSFORMS=D:\UNATTEND\xppower\fastuser.mst /qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='Windows Server Support Tools'>
			<execute display='Support Tools'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\suptools\suptools.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Resource Kit'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\rktools\rktools.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='AdminPak'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\adminpak\adminpak.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Group Policy Management Console'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\gpmc\gpmc.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='BootVis'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\bootvis\bootvis.msi</program>
				<arguments>TRANSFORMS=D:\Unattend\bootvis\bootvis.mst /qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='PSTools'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\pstools\pstools.exe</program>
				<arguments>/verysilent /SP-</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='RegClean'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\regclean\regclean.exe</program>
				<arguments>/verysilent /SP-</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='UPHClean'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\UPHClean\UPHClean.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='Microsoft Office Components'>
			<execute display='Office 2003 Professional'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\Office\PRO11.msi</program>
				<arguments>TRANSFORMS=D:\UNATTEND\Office\PRO11.mst /qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='SpamBayes'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\Spambayes\spambayes.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
				</item>
	 	<item display='Multimedia Applications'>
			<execute display='Irfanview'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\irfanview\irfanview.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Flash'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\Flash\flashplayer_7.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Shockwave'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\Shockwave\shockwave_8.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='File Transfer Applications'>
			<execute display='WinSCP'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\WinSCP\winscp.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='SmartFTP'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\smartftp\smartftp.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='PuTTY'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\putty\putty.exe</program>
				<arguments>/verysilent /SP-</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='File Manipulation Components'>
			<execute display='WinZIP'>
				<program>C:\progra~1\winzip\winzip32.exe</program>
				<arguments>/noqp /autoinstall</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='WinRAR'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\winrar\winrar.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='WinImage'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\WinImage\winimage.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='CutePDF Writer'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\CutePDF\CutePDF Writer.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='GhostScript Converter'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\CutePDF\GhostScript Converter.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='CD/DVD Applications'>
			<execute display='PowerDVD'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\PowerDVD\powerdvd.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='Diskeeper'>
			<execute display='Diskeeper'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\dskeeper\dskeeper.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='Adobe Acrobat'>
			<execute display='Adobe Acrobat'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\adobe\Adobe Reader 7.0.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
	 	<item display='RealPlayer'>
			<execute display='RealPlayer'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\Real\real.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		<item display='System Virus and Spyware Protection'>
			<execute display='Create Reg Key'>
				<program>REG</program>
				<arguments>ADD HKCU\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
						</execute>
			<execute display='Prevent Start Scan'>
				<program>REG</program>
				<arguments>ADD HKCU\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks /v CreatedUserQuickScan /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Set Default Scan Options'>
				<program>REG</program>
				<arguments>ADD HKCU\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks /v CopiedDefaultScanOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Symantec Antivirus'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\SAV\Symantec Antivirus.msi</program>
				<arguments>REBOOT=ReallySuppress RUNLIVEUPDATE=0 ADDLOCAL=SAVMain,SAVUI,SAVHelp,EMailTools,OutlookSnapin,Pop3Smtp,QClient NETWORKTYPE=2 ENABLEAUTOPROTECT=1 /qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
			<execute display='Windows Defender'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\defender\windowsdefender.msi</program>
				<arguments>/qn</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
				<item display='System Cleanup'>
			<execute display='Cleanup Script'>
				<program>D:\Unattend\cleanup.cmd</program>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
	 	<item display='Shutdown'>
			<execute display='Initiating Shutdown'>
				<program>shutdown</program>
				<arguments>-r -t 5  -c "Finishing Windows Installation and Rebooting"</arguments>
				<hide>true</hide>
			</execute>
		</item>
		</items>
</XPlode4>

**Zxian** · January 31, 2007

The included help files do actually provide all the information you need, but you just have to piece the various code snippets together yourself. Take a good half hour and just read through the manual. When you go back to trying to code your config XML you'll have a much better understanding and things will go much more smoothly.

**gugutz** · January 31, 2007

you don´t actually need to put everything together in one single XML file.

You could get the sample XMLs that comes with XPlode, then make your list of apps, and place your file between the <include> tags that are inside the XPlode-xxxinstall.xml that you choose to use.

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