Web Page for Collection Management Functions

Do you ever need to quickly add/remove a PC from an inclusion or exclusion list in a collection? Do you wish you had a Web page that could do just that without filtering all the way through the console? Well here is another Web page to add to your collection. (Pun intended).

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For the version that I use I've added Ajax controls that query the Altiris database so as I type, it completes the name of the collection. However, the page will come back and tell you if the collection does not exist even if you don't add this in yourself.

If you have not ever done any Web programming, don't be intimidated. If you've done batch or VB scripting, you can muddle your way through it.

Ingredients

You'll need the following to use it:

• ASDK
• Server with IIS
• Basic programming knowledge. Preferably in C#.

If you haven't created any Web pages using the ASDK then follow the instructions found in the help file under "Creating and Using Proxy Classes" before you start using this Web page. That will set up the interface from the IIS server to the NS server. It will create some class files that you need to put in an APP_CODE folder where you house these files.

You will need to change 4 lines for your environment. Find everywhere it says YOURDOMAIN (4 locations) and replace them with ... well, your domain name.

Guid machineGuid = resourceMS.GetComputerByNameAndDomain(txtPCName.Text,"YOURDOMAIN");