I have installed the PowerShellPack on a Server 2008 R2 machine, but am unable to use the PSImageTools module. All image operations yield the error New-Object : Cannot load COM type Wia.ImageFile. I have tried installing the same package on my Windows 7 laptop, and there it works.
I figure this must be because of missing Dll:s on the server, but even copying the wia*.dll files to System32 from the laptop (there are no corresponding files already in place) helps. It is not possible to register the dlls (regsvr32 wiaaut.dll, for instance), that is replied to with "The file failed to load".
So, has anybody successfully used Wia on Windows Server 2008? We're going to run a scheduled powershell script to update the outlook image of our users, so it needs to be able to run on the server.
I get the same error on Windows Server 2008 x64. Tried both x64 and x86 version of PowerShell v2.
As an alternative you might be able to use System.Drawing.Image. Depends on what your script needs to do. Perhaps post some example code.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.image.aspx
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing
$image = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromFile("C:\pic.bmp")
EDIT: Here's how you can change an image's dimensions:
$pixWidth = 90
$pixHeight = 90
$image2 = New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap -ArgumentList $image, $pixWidth, $pixHeight
$image2.Save('C:\new_pic.bmp', [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Bmp)
Found this article after quite a bit of searching:
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/207/
Basically, you need to enable and set to Automatic the "Windows Image Acquisition" service in Windows 2003, or in Windows 2008, install the Desktop Experience feature first, then enable the "Windows Image Acquisition" service and set to Automatic.
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We've been using Selenium to automate some browser testing in Internet Explorer. On Windows 7 32-bit it works fine. However we're testing it on Windows 10 64-bit and it fails miserably.
Sometimes the browser doesn't even launch
If i change the driver versions, i can get the browser to launch but it hangs on the first page
The issue is only present when I use ForceCreateProcessApi. However I need to use ForceCreateProcessApi in order to use BrowserCommandLineArguments!
The exception is: The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://localhost:16639/session timed out after 60 seconds.
Here is the PowerShell code i use:
$seleniumOptions = New-Object OpenQA.Selenium.IE.InternetExplorerOptions
$seleniumOptions.InitialBrowserUrl = $SiteUrl
$seleniumOptions.ForceCreateProcessApi = $true
$seleniumOptions.BrowserCommandLineArguments = "-k"
$seleniumOptions.IgnoreZoomLevel = $true
New-Variable -Name IEDS -Value ([OpenQA.Selenium.IE.InternetExplorerDriverService]) -Force
$defaultservice = $IEDS::CreateDefaultService()
$seleniumDriver = New-Object OpenQA.Selenium.IE.InternetExplorerDriver -ArgumentList #($defaultservice, $seleniumOptions)
I've tried the following versions (x86 and x64 versions), and none of them work:
2.25.3
3.141
3.9.0
Can anybody advise on how to make this work? I've made sure that TabProcGrowth etc is set according to the documentation.
Thanks.
Try to use a 3.150.1 32-bit driver.
I'm not sure how it looks on PS - but I'm able to run IE with this driver config.
ie: { version: "3.150.1", arch: "ia32" }
Also I have a key for iexplore.exe here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BFCACHE
from this config link
I have this large application that I am using Windows RM 3.0 to deploy Databases, SSIS packages, and other things to multiple different servers and it is working just fine. It was requested that branding changes to a Business Intelligence SharePoint site be added to this process as well. So I create a custom build script to do so, and set Win RM to run this command from PowerShell on Sharepoint server
Install-SPSolution –Identity Payload\SharepointDeploy.wsp –WebApplication http://localhost/ -GACDeployment
when I run that, I get the following error
Install-SPSolution : Microsoft SharePoint is not supported with version 4.0.30319.18444 of the Microsoft .Net Runtime.
Reading around, it seems its a PowerShell 3.0 issue and when running in 2.0 it works fine. However, my existing process requires PowerShell 3.0 to work properly. Is there anyway to get this working with 3.0? Or can I spin up a 2.0 instance using an Invoke-Command or something? I can provide more details if needed.
You can build a custom endpoint which will run the required version of PowerShell. That way you won't have to mess with the default endpoint which you probably want to keep with its defaults
This would require you to connect to the new endpoint with something like
new-pssession -computername "SharePoint01" -configurationName "psv2".
You build and endpoint with the following cmdlet:
New-PSSessionConfigurationFile -Path "psv2session.pssc"
And then register an endpoint using that config with this cmdlet:
Register-PSSessionConfiguration -Name psv2 -Path psv2session.pssc –ShowSecurityDescriptorUI
It's fairly easy to do, and this link provides a good introduction to the setup:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2014/04/02/build-constrained-powershell-endpoint-using-configuration-file.aspx (although the blog deals with constrained endpoints, the teqnique is essentially the same for what you need to do)
I was facing the same issue with console application, I decreased the framework version from 4.5 to 3.5 from the project properties page and I works perfect!
I am trying to access the document of an internet explorer com object with windows 2012. The code works great in windows 2008 but as soon as I try to run it on windows 2012 (fresh install, tried on more than one server), the same code stops working. In other words, $ie.document.documentHtml returns as null.
Below is the code:
$ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate2("http://www.example.com/")
while($ie.busy) {start-sleep 1}
$ie.document.documentHtml.innerhtml
Has the interexplorer com object changed in windows 2012? and if yes, how do I do I retrieve the document contents in windows 2012?
Thanks in advance
edit: Added a bounty to sweeten things up. Invoke-WebRequest is nice but it works only on windows 2012 but I need to use internet explorer and have it work both on windows 2008 and windows 2012. I have read somewhere that installing microsoft office solves the issue. It is not an option either.
edit2: as I need to remotely invoke the script on multiple windows server (both 2008 and 2012), I would prefer not to copy files manually
It's a know bug: http://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/764756/powershell-v3-internetexplorer-application-issue
An extract from the workaround:
So, here's a workaround:
Copy Microsoft.html.dll from a location where it is installed (eg: from C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies to your script's location (can be a network drive)
Use the Load-Assembly.ps1 script (code provided below and at: http://sdrv.ms/U6j7Wn) to load the assembly types in memory
eg: .\Load-Assembly.ps1 -Path .\microsoft.mshtml.dll
Then proceed as usual to create the IE object etc. Warning: when dealing with the write() and writeln() methods use the backward compatible methods: IHTMLDocument2_write() and IHTMLDocument2_writeln().
$ie.document.documentHtml.innerhtml
The bigger question is how this ever could have worked. The Document property returns a reference to the IHTMLDocument interface, it does not have a "documentHtml" property. It is never that clear what you might get back when you use late binding as was done in this code. There is an old documentHtml property supported by the DHTML Editing control, that has been firmly put to the pasture. Admittedly rather a wild guess.
Anyhoo, correct syntax is to use, say, the body property:
$ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate2("http://www.example.com/")
while($ie.busy) {start-sleep 1}
$txt = $ie.document.body.innerhtml
Write-Output $txt
If you still have problems, Powershell does treat null references rather undiagnosably, then try running this C# code on the machine. Ought to give you a better message:
using System;
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
try {
var comType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("InternetExplorer.Application");
dynamic browser = Activator.CreateInstance(comType);
browser.Navigate2("http://example.com");
while (browser.Busy) System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1);
dynamic doc = browser.Document;
Console.WriteLine(doc.Body.InnerHtml);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
As far as I can tell, on Windows Server 2012 to get the full html of a page:
$ie.document.documentElement.outerhtml
There is also an innerhtml property on the documentElement, which strips off the root <html> element.
Of course, if all you want to do is get the raw markup, consider using Invoke-WebRequest:
$doc = Invoke-WebRequest 'http://www.example.com'
$doc.Content
Get any PC with Office installed and copy Microsoft.mshtml.dll to your script location.
c:\program files (x86)\Microsoft.net\primary interop assemblies\Microsoft.mshtml.dll
add-Type -Path Microsoft.mshtml.dll
Script works.
i hope that someone got an Idea how i can fix the following problem.
We have XP and Win7 clients in our company.
The clients have Office 2003, Office XP and Office 2010.
A Question first:
Is it possible to add an .ps1 startup script on Windows XP?
Maybe with: %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe script.ps1
Executionpolicy on the Clients: Remotesigned (No Cert available!)
If 1 is possible:
Copy the content of \Servername\Netlogon\OutlookSignature\%Username%_CompanySigFolder Path into the following Path C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\DefaultCompanySignatureName
If 1 is not possible:
I will run a normal .cmd Startup Script 1 day before that copies the Files to %appdata%....
Now the real question:
After the files are copied, is it possible to set the new Signature to the Users Default Outlook Signature?
I have read that it might go via registry entry, but found no detailed information.
I got full access through PS-Remoting to all Computers in the Domain.
Will this work, if an Outlook Session is active?
The Script must distinguish between XP an Win7 an then between Office XP,2003 and 2010.
Thanks in Advance!
Daniel
#Set the signature as default for new emails
$MSWord = New-Object -ComObject word.application
$EmailOptions = $MSWord.EmailOptions
$EmailSignature = $EmailOptions.EmailSignature
$EmailSignature.NewMessageSignature = “name of signature” #insert the signature name
$MSWord.Quit()
I am currently doing the automation with power shell and I am stuck in the following problem ,
I have automated internet explorer with scripting in power shell,
But now i need to automate Firefox using this , i have searched and not able to track down ,
Is there any way or is it possible to automate FF with power shell ....suggestions are required.
Have a look at http://watin.org/ You can work with the watin.dll wich supports multiple browsers..
I started to use it because i needed a File Upload which comobject InternetExplorer.Application can't do...
Little snippet to get you started:
$watin = [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom( "c:\WatiN.Core.dll" )
$ie = new-object WatiN.Core.IE("http://xyz.com") #Here you could load also Firefox with watin
$ie.TextField([watin.core.Find]::ByName("HF_Text1")).TypeText("Text1")
$ie.FileUpload([watin.core.Find]::ByName("HF_file")).Set("C:\text.txt")
$ie.Button([watin.core.Find]::ByName("HF_Button")).Click()
$ie.WaitForComplete()
$ie.quit()
Note that you have to run Powershell in STA Mode when using WatiN (powershell.exe -sta)