I am trying to call a powershell script from HTML Application [HTA] as :
Set WshShell = CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\")
Set retVal = WshShell.Exec(\"powersh
You can use the Exec
method of WScript.Shell to avoid intermediate files. Unfortunately it opens a new window when it runs, but the code is much cleaner and gives you access to the StdOut and StdErr streams. Paste this into an .HTA file (with header and body if desired) to test:
<script language="Javascript">
var proc; //global scope
function execWithStatus(cmdLine){//Can't run minimized with Exec. Can't capture StdOut/StdErr with Run.
proc = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell").Exec(cmdLine);
setTimeout("writeOutLine()",100);//pause for 100 ms to allow StdOut to stream some data
proc.StdIn.Close();//must close input to complete a powershell command
}
function writeOutLine(){
if(!proc.StdErr.AtEndOfStream) {txtResults.value += "ERROR: " + proc.StdErr.ReadAll() + "\n";}
if(!proc.StdOut.AtEndOfStream) {txtResults.value += proc.StdOut.ReadLine() + "\n";writeOutLine();}
}
</script>
<textarea id=txtCmd style="width:90%" rows=1>
powershell.exe -noninteractive -command return (Get-Process).Count</textarea>
<button onclick="execWithStatus(txtCmd.value)">Run</button>
<br><textarea id=txtResults style="width:100%" rows=20></textarea>
Part of your problem may have been that Exec isn't blocking waiting for StdOut to start filling up. Adding the timer corrected that issue for me.
This is another example showing you how to get the output result in a textarea while you execute a powhershell file with a HTA !
<html>
<head>
<title>Execution a powershell file with HTA by Hackoo</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
APPLICATIONNAME="Execution a powershell file with HTA by Hackoo"
SCROLL="yes"
SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
WINDOWSTATE="maximize"
ICON="Winver.exe"
SCROLL="no"
/>
<script language="VBScript">
Option Explicit
Sub Run_PS_Script()
ExampleOutput.value = ""
btnClick.disabled = True
document.body.style.cursor = "wait"
btnClick.style.cursor = "wait"
Dim WshShell,Command,PSFile,return,fso,file,text,Temp
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Temp = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%Temp%")
Command = "cmd /c echo Get-WmiObject Win32_Process ^| select ProcessID,ProcessName,Handle,commandline,ExecutablePath ^| Out-File %temp%\output.txt -Encoding ascii > %temp%\process.ps1"
PSFile = WshShell.Run(Command,0,True)
return = WshShell.Run("powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File %temp%\process.ps1", 0, true)
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set file = fso.OpenTextFile(Temp &"\output.txt", 1)
text = file.ReadAll
ExampleOutput.Value=text
file.Close
document.body.style.cursor = "default"
btnClick.style.cursor = "default"
btnClick.disabled = False
End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="123456">
<textarea id="ExampleOutput" style="width:100%" rows="37"></textarea>
<br>
<center><input type="button" name="btnClick" value="Run powershell script file " onclick="Run_PS_Script()"></center>
</body>
</html>
This works for me:
test.ps1:
(Get-Process).Count | Out-File c:\temp\output.txt -Encoding ascii
test.hta:
<head>
<title>HTA Test</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
APPLICATIONNAME="HTA Test"
SCROLL="yes"
SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
WINDOWSTATE="maximize"
</head>
<script language="VBScript">
Sub TestSub
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
return = WshShell.Run("powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File test.ps1", 0, true)
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set file = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\temp\output.txt", 1)
text = file.ReadAll
alert(text)
file.Close
End Sub
</script>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Run Script" name="run_button" onClick="TestSub"><p>
</body>