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How to Write a Configuration Manager Site Control File Embedded Property

Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

In Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, you write an embedded property to a site control file resource by either updating the property's SMS_EmbeddedObject object if it already exists, or by creating and adding a new SMS_EmbeddedObject object property to the resource's array of properties (Props parameter).

An embedded property has the following properties that you can set. For more information, see SMS_EmbeddedProperty.

Value Description

PropertyName

The embedded property name.

Value

An integer value

Value1

A string value

Value2

A string value

Warning

Making changes to the site control file can cause irreparable damage to your Configuration Manager 2007 site.

To write a site control file embedded property

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.

  2. Using the connection object from step one, get a site control file resource. For more information, see About the Configuration Manager Site Control File.

  3. Get the SMS_EmbeddedProperty for the required embedded property or, if it does not exist, create the SMS_EmbeddedProperty object.

  4. Populate the SMS_EmbeddedObject object.

  5. Update the resources properties with the SMS_EmbeddedObject object.

  6. Commit the changes to the site control file. For more information, see About the Configuration Manager Site Control File.

Example

The following example method writes an embedded property to a supplied site control file resource. The example works by finding the embedded property in the resource and then by updating the embedded property details. If the embedded property does not exist, it is created, and then added to the list of existing resource embedded properties.

To view code that calls these methods, see How to Read and Write to the Configuration Manager Site Control File by Using Managed Code

How to Read and Write to the Configuration Manager Site Control File by Using WMI

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Sub WriteScfEmbeddedProperty(connection,    _  
            context,                _
            resource,               _
            propertyName,           _
            value,                  _
            value1,                 _
            value2)         
                
 
    Dim vProperty
    Dim found
    
    found = false
    
    For Each vProperty In resource.Props
        If UCase(vProperty.PropertyName) = UCase(propertyName) Then

            ' Modify the values.
            vProperty.Value = value
            vProperty.Value1 = value1
            vProperty.Value2 = value2
            resource.Put_ , context
            found = true
        End If
    Next   
        
    If found = False Then
        
        ' Property does not exist, so create it.
        Dim embeddedProperty
        Set embeddedProperty = connection.Get("SMS_EmbeddedProperty").Spawninstance_()
        embeddedProperty.PropertyName = propertyName
        embeddedProperty.Value = value
        embeddedProperty.Value1 = value1
        embeddedProperty.Value2 = value2
        
        ' Add the property to the properties.
        ' If the props array does not exist, create it.
        If ISNull (resource.Props) Then
            resource.Props = array(embeddedProperty)
        Else   
            ' Grow the array and add the property.
            dim properties
            properties = resource.Props
            Redim Preserve properties(UBound(properties) + 1)
            Set properties(UBound(properties)) = embeddedProperty
            resource.Props = properties
        End If 
        resource.Put_,context
    End If
End Sub
public void WriteScfEmbeddedProperty(
    IResultObject resource,
    string propertyName,
    int value,
    string value1,
    string value2)
{
    try
    {

        // Properties
        Dictionary<string, IResultObject> EmbeddedProperties = resource.EmbeddedProperties;

        // Get the property, or create it.
        IResultObject ro;
        if (EmbeddedProperties.ContainsKey(propertyName))
        {
            ro = EmbeddedProperties[propertyName];
        }
        else
        {
            ConnectionManagerBase connection = resource.ConnectionManager;
            ro = connection.CreateEmbeddedObjectInstance("SMS_EmbeddedProperty");
            EmbeddedProperties.Add(propertyName, ro);
        }

        ro["PropertyName"].StringValue = propertyName;
        ro["Value"].IntegerValue = value;
        ro["Value1"].StringValue = value1;
        ro["Value2"].StringValue = value2;

        resource.EmbeddedProperties = EmbeddedProperties;

        // Commit the change.
        resource.Put();
    }
    catch (SmsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failed to write property: " + e.Message);
        throw;
    }
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

Connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

  • VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

swbemContex (VBScript)t

  • VBScript: SWbemContext

A valid context object.

Resource

  • Managed: IResultObject

  • VBScript: SWbemObject

The site control file resource that contains the embedded property.

propertyName

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The embedded property to be written to.

Value

  • Managed: Integer

  • VBScript: Integer

The SMS_EmbeddedProperty class value property value.

Value1

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript:String

The SMS_EmbeddedProperty class value1 property value.

Value2

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The SMS_EmbeddedProperty class value2 property value.

Compiling the Code

The C# example has the following compilation requirements:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Collections

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

adminui.wqlqueryengine

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see About Securing Configuration Manager Applications.

See Also

Tasks

How to Write a Configuration Manager Site Control File Embedded Property
How to Write a Configuration Manager Site Control File Embedded Property List

Concepts

About the Configuration Manager Site Control File
How to Read a Configuration Manager Site Control File Embedded Property
How to Read a Configuration Manager Site Control File Embedded Property List
How to Read a Configuration Manager Site Control File Embedded RegMultiString List
How to Write a Configuration Manager Site Control File Embedded RegMultiString List
How to Read and Write to the Configuration Manager Site Control File by Using Managed Code
How to Read and Write to the Configuration Manager Site Control File by Using WMI