WriteToString Method in Class SMS_ScheduleMethods

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10/04/2022

The WriteToString Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class method, in Configuration Manager, writes an interval string from SMS_ScheduleToken Server WMI Class objects.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and defines the method.

Syntax

SInt32 WriteToString(  
   SMS_ScheduleToken TokenData[],  
   String StringData  
);

Parameters

StringData
Data type: String

Qualifiers: [out]

The interval string (details in table below).

TokenData
Data type: SMS_ScheduleToken Array

Qualifiers: [in]

SMS_ScheduleToken Server WMI Class objects.


The ScheduleToken class uses two DWORDs to store the schedule data.   

Values for the first DWORD laid out as follows:   

  3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   
  1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   
 +-----------+---------+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+   
 |  Start    |  Start  |  Start  | Start |   Start   | Duration  |   
 |  Minute   |  Hour   |  Day    | Month |   Year    | Minutes   |   
 +-----------+---------+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+   

Values for the second DWORD laid out as follows:   

 SCHED_TOKEN_RECUR_NONE   

  3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   
  1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   
 +---------+---------+-----+-------------------------------------+   
 | Duration| Duration|Flags|           Unused                  |U|   
 | Hours   | Days    |     |                                   |T|   
 |         |         |     |                                   |C|   
 +---------+---------+-----+-------------------------------------+   

 SCHED_TOKEN_RECUR_INTERVAL   

  3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   
  1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   
 +---------+---------+-----+-----------+---------+---------+-----+   
 | Duration| Duration|Flags|  Num of   |  Num of |  Num of |   |U|   
 | Hours   | Days    |     |  Minutes  |  Hours  |  Days   |   |T|   
 |         |         |     |           |         |         |   |C|   
 +---------+---------+-----+-------------------------------------+   

 SCHED_TOKEN_RECUR_WEEKLY   

  3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   
  1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   
 +---------+---------+-----+-----+-----+-------------------------+   
 | Duration| Duration|Flags| Week|# of |       Unused          |U|   
 | Hours   | Days    |     | Day |Weeks|                       |T|   
 |         |         |     |     |     |                       |C|   
 +---------+---------+-----+-------------------------------------+   

 SCHED_TOKEN_RECUR_MONTHLY_BY_WEEKDAY   

  3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   
  1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   
 +---------+---------+-----+-----+-------+-----+-----------------+   
 | Duration| Duration|Flags| Week|Num of |Week |     Unused    |U|   
 | Hours   | Days    |     | Day |months |Order|               |T|   
 |         |         |     |     |       |     |               |C|   
 +---------+---------+-----+-------------------------------------+   

 SCHED_TOKEN_RECUR_MONTHLY_BY_DATE   

  3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   
  1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   
 +---------+---------+-----+---------+-------+-------------------+   
 | Duration| Duration|Flags|   Date  |Num of |       Unused    |U|   
 | Hours   | Days    |     |         |months |                 |T|   
 |         |         |     |         |       |                 |C|   
 +---------+---------+-----+-------------------------------------+

Return Values

An SInt32 data type that is 0 to indicate success or non-zero to indicate failure.

For information about handling returned errors, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

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