HTA Blank screen

[ThatOneGuy]

So I've been taking the first steps in creating an HTA for our environment. We do not have MDT integration set up, so I'm following the instructions in this post http://myitforum.com...nt-end-hta.aspx to try to set up a frontend. In summary, I just add HTA support to the image and create a tsconfig.ini file that invokes the file. I then go through and add HTA support to the boot image and configure a TS to use that image when it reboots. (It's a x64 boot image, by the way.)

 

The problem is that when the computer PXE boots, I see the PXE password screen (as usual), and after I enter the password, a blank white window appears with the title of my HTA. It sits around there until I close the window, and then it proceeds to the task sequence selection window. It's as if the boot image doesn't support HTA scripts, even though I explicitly added that capability through dism.

 

Most people that use HTAs seem to have MDT integrated. Can anyone help me get this standalone feature working?

 

Thanks in advance!

[anyweb]

are you sure you are using the right boot image ? have you tried pressing F8 and running the HTA using mshta.exe bla.hta ?

[ThatOneGuy]

Thank you for the reply. I'm quite sure I'm using the right boot image; I've checked the filesystem on the PE drive and confirmed that my hta is there.

 

It does load successfully from the command line using mshta X:\Deploy\Scripts\import-0_1.hta.

 

Here's the contents of my tsconfig.ini file:

[CustomHook]
CommandLine="mshta.exe x:\Deploy\Scripts\import_0_1.hta"

[Lucid]

I noticed that in the manual command you have a hyphen, while in the INI file you have an underscore. Might want to check for typos...

[ThatOneGuy]

Sorry for the belated response. I was FINALLY able to resolve the issue. In case anyone else has this issue, the blank screen I described it means that mshta.exe is running, but it's unable to find the HTA file it was asked to run.

 

Here's the TSconfig.ini file that ended up working for me:

 

[CustomHook]
CommandLine="%systemroot%\system32\mshta.exe %systemdrive%\import.hta"

 

@Lucid - thanks for the reminder about the hyphen; that was part of the problem. I renamed them both to just import.hta so I wouldn't have that problem any more.

 

Thanks everyone for the help!

 

Edit - forgot to mention that I also moved the HTA to the root of the drive. It's easier to maintain that way, especially since I use a couple of images.