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Greetings, people of the interweb! I'm trying to get started on automating actions using the VMware API, but I reached a dead end. I was trying out this example but it doesn't work for me at all. Line 9, Char 1, Object required: 'VixCOM'. All that I've done now is got a grasp of how the vmrun works via command line, but I do not find it enough for me. Could anyone point me at the correct direction or tell me what I'm doing wrong? (Please note that the script is in VBS, I want to get it working first, then continue translating it to AutoIT) Dim lib Dim host Dim job Dim vm Dim result Set lib = CreateObject("VixCOM.VixLib") ' Connect to the local installation of Workstation. This also initializes the VIX API. Set job = lib.Connect(VixCOM.Constants.VIX_API_VERSION, VixCOM.Constants.VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_WORKSTATION, Empty, 0, Empty, Empty, 0, Nothing, Nothing) ' results needs to be initialized before it's used, even if it's just going to be overwritten. Set results = Nothing ' Wait waits until the job started by an asynchronous function call has finished. It also ' can be used to get various properties from the job. The first argument is an array ' of VIX property IDs that specify the properties requested. When Wait returns, the ' second argument will be set to an array that holds the values for those properties, ' one for each ID requested. err = job.Wait(Array(VixCOM.Constants.VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE), results) If lib.ErrorIndicatesFailure(err) Then ' Handle the error... End If ' The job result handle will be first element in the results array. Set host = results(0) ' Open the virtual machine with the given .vmx file. Set job = host.OpenVM("c:\Virtual Machines\vm1\win2000.vmx", Nothing) err = job.Wait(Array(VixCOM.Constants.VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE), results) If lib.ErrorIndicatesFailure(err) Then ' Handle the error... End If Set vm = results(0) ' Power on the virtual machine we just opened. This will launch Workstation if it hasn't ' already been started. Set job = vm.PowerOn(VixCOM.Constants.VIX_VMPOWEROP_LAUNCH_GUI, Nothing, Nothing) ' WaitWithoutResults is just like Wait, except it does not get any properties. err = job.WaitWithoutResults() If lib.ErrorIndicatesFailure(err) Then ' Handle the error... End If ' Wait until VMware Tools are running within the guest, with a 300 second timeout. Set job = vm.WaitForToolsInGuest(300, Nothing) err = job.WaitWithoutResults() If lib.ErrorIndicatesFailure(err) Then ' Handle the error... End If Set job = vm.LoginInGuest("vixuser", "secret", 0, Nothing) err = job.WaitWithoutResults() If lib.ErrorIndicatesFailure(err) Then ' Handle the error... End If Set job = vm.RunProgramInGuest("c:\myProgram.exe", "/flag arg1 arg2", 0, Nothing, Nothing) err = job.WaitWithoutResults() If lib.ErrorIndicatesFailure(err) Then ' Handle the error... End If Set results = Nothing Set job = Nothing Set vm = Nothing host.Disconnect() ITypeInfo Viewer showed me that the object name is correct, but the variables are inaccessable using both VixCom object and VIxCOM.VixLib. Note: https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix-api/ SDK from here is also installed on the machine. I have VMware workstation 10 Any thoughts?