How to Create a Package by Using a Package Definition File Template

 

Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

The following example shows how to create a package and program by using a package definition file template in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. The package definition file template contains the default values that are used to create SMS_Package and SMS_Program objects. The following example uses the SMS_PDF_Package class and the GetPDFData method to load the package definition file template information and to create a package and the related programs.

To create a package by using a package definition file template

1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

2. Create the new package object by using the SMS_PDF_Package class.

3. Populate any additional package properties.

4. Load the program information and associate each program with the package.

Example

The following example method creates a new package by using a package definition file.

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

Sub SWDCreatePDFPackage(connection, existingPDF_ID, newPackageSourceFlag, newPackageSourcePath)
    ' The PDF_ID must be passed in.
    ' The PDF_ID can be identified through the SMS_PDF_Package class.

    Dim newPDFPackage
    Dim returnCode
    Dim newPackage
    Dim newPackagePath
    Dim packageID
    Dim program
    Dim arrayOfPrograms

    ' Package Creation
    ' ----------------     
    ' Create new SMS_PDF_Package instance.
    Set newPDFPackage = connection.Get("SMS_PDF_Package")

    ' Load the Package Definition File data using the GetPDFData method.
    returnCode = newPDFPackage.GetPDFData(existingPDF_ID, newPackage, arrayOfPrograms)

    ' Assign any additional package properties.
    newPackage.PkgSourceFlag = newPackageSourceFlag
    newPackage.PkgSourcePath = newPackageSourcePath

    ' Save the package path and get the Package ID.
    Set newPackagePath = newPackage.Put_
    packageID = newPackagePath.Keys("PackageID")

    ' Program Creation 
    ' -----------------    
    ' Enumerate through the program array and create the programs.
    For Each program In arrayOfPrograms
        program.PackageID = packageID
        program.Put_
    Next

End Sub

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
connection	VBScript: SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
existingPDF_ID	VBScript: Integer	ID of the package definition file.
newPackageSourceFlag	VBScript: Integer	The package source.
newPackageSourcePath	VBScript: String	The path to the package source.

Robust Programming

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

See Also

Configuration Manager Software Distribution
Software Distribution Packages
SMS_SCI_Component Server WMI Class