>I intend to use a VPC as a test machine:
>
> I'm going to setup a base installation (including XP, VS.net, and our
> particular software package) and save that VHD as a Golden copy. Nightly,
> I
> want to:
>
> 1. Not on the VPC, but on a separate test box (which will likely host the
> VPC), build a bunch of software components.
>
> 2. Make a copy of the Golden VHD.
>
> 3. Start VPC with that copy
>
> 4. Overwrite files on the now-running VPC with the freshly-built files
>
> 5. On the VPC, run a test/regression suite
>
> The trickiness comes into play at Steps 4 and 5. For Step 4, I could
> probably run a script on the VPC host that will push the new files onto
> the
> running VPC. However, I'd rather be in the context of the VPC, and pull
> the
> files off the host.
>
> For Step 5, I suppose I could give the VPC window focus, then send
> keystrokes to fire off the test/regression suite? I think I have to do
> something like that, since the script will be fired off initially from the
> host-OS, so anything in the script will be executed in that context.
> Unless
> there's a scripting API that lets me, e.g.:
>
> testVPC = VirtualPC.NewSession( "testbox.vmc" );
> testVPC.someMethod( );
> testVPC.someOtherMethod( );
>
> Any help, or any insight would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks.