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I am not able to find anything regarding VBE files. We are moving from 6.9 to 7.1 and the VBE files that previously worked are having issues now. I am wondering if they are supported at all?

Thanks.

Hmmm...  If they're having issues, I wonder where you're executing them?  Technically, a VBE is something you'd have to deliver via copy-files and execute, right?  VBE is encrypted, so obviously it's not a script task.  It's possible the problem is not the VBE but Copy File/Execute.  For instance, you might try copying the file down via batch file instead and see if it runs that way, or something else...?

Maybe share some more details, OR call in to support to find out.  I've not been asked this before so it might be worth recording this question for posterity so-to-speak.

Thomas,

Thanks for the reply. Admittedly, I am new to Altiris DS. So some of the problem may just be ignorance...

Under 6.9, we were able to run VBE scripts from file under the 'Run Script' task by pointing to the VBE file via UNC path.

Under 7.1 we lost the run from file option. VBS files seem to run OK directly from UNC path, pasted into the script window in 7.1. VBE files do not. So, are you saying the issue is the file context and that we should be copying the scripts locally prior to running?

Also, a related issue, 7.1 seems to have lost the option to pass additional parameters to scripts, formerly under "Script Options - (Windoes/Linux/Mac OS X) - Additional command-line switches." We are also trying to sort that out...

I am trying to figure out as much as possible, but we are also preparing a list of pre-migration discovered issues to bring to Symantec.

Thanks for your assistance and time in replying.

I added a VBE physically to my WinPE enviroment and call it (cscript.exe yourscript.vbe) during a script task after my deploy image task runs (for driver injection).  It has to be copied to the same location on all site servers, and then when you recreate your pre-boot environment, it's incorporated and available natively.  

The location of where to put the file on the site server is here:

\\site server\deployment\Task Handler\bootwiz\oem\DS\winpe2\x86\Base

I believe it is supported - we have quite a few vb scripts that we run - we are on CMS 7.1