How to Create an Advertisement

Article
05/03/2011

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

The following example shows how to create an advertisement by using the SMS_Advertisement Server WMI Class class and class properties in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

To create an advertisement

Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.
Create the new advertisement object using the SMS_Advertisement Server WMI Class class.
Populate the new advertisement properties.
Save the new advertisement and properties.

Example

The following example method creates an advertisement for software distribution.

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

Sub SWDCreateAdvertisement(connection, existingCollectionID, existingPackageID, existingProgramName, newAdvertisementName, newAdvertisementComment, newAdvertisementFlags, newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime, newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled)

    ' Create the new advertisement object.
    Set newAdvertisement = connection.Get("SMS_Advertisement").SpawnInstance_
    
    ' Populate the advertisement properties.
    newAdvertisement.CollectionID = existingCollectionID
    newAdvertisement.PackageID = existingPackageID
    newAdvertisement.ProgramName = existingProgramName
    newAdvertisement.AdvertisementName = newAdvertisementName
    newAdvertisement.Comment = newAdvertisementComment
    newAdvertisement.AdvertFlags = newAdvertisementFlags
    newAdvertisement.PresentTime = newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime
    newAdvertisement.PresentTimeEnabled = newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled
    
    ' Save the new advertisement and properties.
    newAdvertisement.Put_ 
    
    ' Output new advertisement name.
    Wscript.Echo "Created advertisement: " & newAdvertisement.AdvertisementName

End Sub

public void CreateSWDAdvertisement(WqlConnectionManager connection, string existingCollectionID, string existingPackageID, string existingProgramName, string newAdvertisementName, string newAdvertisementComment, int newAdvertisementFlags, string newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime, bool newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled)
{
    try
    {
        // Create new advertisement instance.
        IResultObject newAdvertisement = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_Advertisement");

        // Populate new advertisement values.
        newAdvertisement["CollectionID"].StringValue = existingCollectionID;
        newAdvertisement["PackageID"].StringValue = existingPackageID;
        newAdvertisement["ProgramName"].StringValue = existingProgramName;
        newAdvertisement["AdvertisementName"].StringValue = newAdvertisementName;
        newAdvertisement["Comment"].StringValue = newAdvertisementComment;
        newAdvertisement["AdvertFlags"].IntegerValue = newAdvertisementFlags;
        newAdvertisement["PresentTime"].StringValue = newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime;
        newAdvertisement["PresentTimeEnabled"].BooleanValue = newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled;

        // Save the new advertisment and properties.
        newAdvertisement.Put();

        // Output new assignment name.
        Console.WriteLine("Created advertisement: " + newAdvertisement["AdvertisementName"].StringValue);
    }

    catch (SmsException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failed to assign advertisement. Error: " + ex.Message);
        throw;
    }
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
connection swbemServices	Managed: WqlConnectionManager VBScript: SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
existingCollectionID	Managed: String VBScript: String	The ID of an existing collection with which to associate the advertisement.
existingPackageID	Managed: String VBScript: String	The ID of an existing package with which to associate the advertisement.
existingProgramName	Managed: String VBScript: String	The name for the program associated with the advertisement.
newAdvertisementName	Managed: String VBScript: String	The name for the new advertisement.
newAdvertisementComment	Managed: String VBScript: String	A comment for the new advertisement.
newAdvertisementFlags	Managed: Integer VBScript: Integer	Flags specifying options for the new advertisement.
newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime	Managed: String VBScript: String	The time when the new advertisement is first offered.
newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled	Managed: Boolean VBScript: Boolean	true if the advertisement is offered.

Compiling the Code

The C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.ComponentModel

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

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

Security

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