Controlling a virtual machine in vmware

[binHEX]

I have been working to use vbscript and AutoItX to send keystrokes to a guest OS in vmware, but am having some difficulty.

Here is my code:

CODE

Set oAutoIt = CreateObject("AutoItX3.Control")

oAutoIt.ControlFocus "Local host - VMware Server Console","",""

WScript.Sleep 1000

oAutoIt.ControlSend "Local host - VMware Server Console","","","!m"

WScript.Sleep 500

oAutoIt.ControlSend "Local host - VMware Server Console","","","g" 'This grabs the input

WScript.Sleep 500

wscript.Echo oAutoIt.ControlSend("Local host - VMware Server Console","","VMWare.GuestWindow1","password")

WScript.Sleep 500

wscript.Echo oAutoIt.ControlSend ("Local host - VMware Server Console","","VMWare.GuestWindow1","{ENTER}")

Everything returns 1's showing that it is "working", however, nothing ever gets entered into the guest OS.

What am i doing wrong?

Edited April 16, 2008 by binHEX

[binHEX]

Well, I've had to concede defeat and just run autoit from a bootable cd image inside the VM.

Thanks for the help.