Symantec Management Platform (Notification Server)

Hi,

I am new to asdk and creating a script in vbs to create a SWD task.

I want to create a folder for collections and for that i am using item management's

                      createFolder(folderName, parentFolderGuid) function.

but it is giving me error that parentFolderGuid doesnt exist.

I have looked into SMP and checked the guids, if i use GetItemByGuid() function i can extract all valid information from the guid. I have also tried creating dummy folders and giving those guids, or guids of windows folders, but non is working for me.

Any suggestion?

regards

fmadni

Hi fmadni,

Here are some code to play with

Const FOLDER_NAME			= "My New Folder"
Const FOLDER_GUID			= "321ab45c-d634-4a92-b2e7-8ab42322c3e4"
Const PARENT_FOLDER_NAME	= "My Parent Folder"
Const PARENT_FOLDER_GUID	= "123ab45c-d634-4a92-b2e7-8ab42322c3e4"

Dim ASDK_ITEM_MANAGEMENT, oParentFolder, oFolder
Set ASDK_ITEM_MANAGEMENT = CreateObject("Altiris.ASDK.NS.ItemManagement")
ASDK_ITEM_MANAGEMENT.CreateLocalInstance()


'// try to get parent folder by Guid
If (NOT GetFolderByGuid(PARENT_FOLDER_GUID, oParentFolder)) Then
	WScript.Echo "GetFolderByGuid failed (FolderGuid: " & PARENT_FOLDER_GUID & ")"
	WScript.Quit
End If
WScript.Echo "ParentFolder (Name: " & oParentFolder.Name & ", Guid: " & oParentFolder.Guid & ", ParentFolderName: " & oParentFolder.ParentFolderName & ", ParentFolderGuid: " & oParentFolder.ParentFolderGuid & ")"

'// try to get parent folder by Name
If (NOT GetFolder(PARENT_FOLDER_NAME, oParentFolder)) Then
	WScript.Echo "GetFolder failed (Name: " & PARENT_FOLDER_NAME & ")"
	WScript.Quit
End If
WScript.Echo "ParentFolder (Name: " & oParentFolder.Name & ", Guid: " & oParentFolder.Guid & ", ParentFolderName: " & oParentFolder.ParentFolderName & ", ParentFolderGuid: " & oParentFolder.ParentFolderGuid & ")"


'// PARENT_FOLDER_GUID could be changed to oParentFolder.Guid
If (NOT CreateFolder(FOLDER_NAME, PARENT_FOLDER_GUID, oFolder)) Then
	WScript.Echo "CreateFolder failed (Name: " & FOLDER_NAME & ", ParentFolderGuid: " & PARENT_FOLDER_GUID & ")"
	WScript.Quit
End If

WScript.Echo "Folder (Name: " & oFolder.Name & ", Guid: " & oFolder.Guid & ", ParentFolderName: " & oFolder.ParentFolderName & ", ParentFolderGuid: " & oFolder.ParentFolderGuid & ")"



Function CreateFolder(ByVal sFolderName, ByVal sParentFolderGuid, ByRef oFolder)
	On Error Resume Next
	CreateFolder = false
	
	If (GetFolderByParentFolder(sFolderName, sParentFolderGuid, oFolder)) Then
		'// Folder already exists, returning existing folder instead
		CreateFolder = true
		Exit Function
	End If
	
	Err.Clear
	Set oFolder = ASDK_ITEM_MANAGEMENT.CreateFolder(sFolderName, "{" & sParentFolderGuid & "}")
	If ((Err = 0) AND (NOT IsNothing(oFolder))) Then
		CreateFolder = true
		Exit Function
	End If
End Function

Function GetFolderByGuid(ByVal sFolderGuid, ByRef oFolder)
	GetFolderByGuid = NS_GetItemByGuid(sFolderGuid, oFolder)
End Function

Function GetFolderByParentFolder(ByVal sFolderName, ByVal sFolderGuid, ByRef oFolder)
	Dim oItems, oItem
	GetFolderByParentFolder = false
	
	oItems = ASDK_ITEM_MANAGEMENT.GetItemsByName(sFolderName)
	For Each oItem in oItems
		' if there is more than one item with this name then you need to pick which one you want
		Select Case oItem.TypeName
			Case "PresentationFolder"
				If (LCase(sFolderGuid) = LCase(oItem.ParentFolderGuid)) Then
					Set oFolder = oItem
					
					GetFolderByParentFolder = true
					Exit For
				End IF
		End Select
	Next
End Function

Function GetFolder(ByVal sFolderName, ByRef oFolder)
	Dim oItems, oItem
	GetFolder = false
	
	oItems = ASDK_ITEM_MANAGEMENT.GetItemsByName(sFolderName)
	For Each oItem in oItems
		' if there is more than one item with this name then you need to pick which one you want
		Select Case oItem.TypeName
			Case "PresentationFolder"
				GetFolder = true
				Set oFolder = oItem
		End Select
	Next
End Function

Function NS_GetItemByGuid(ByVal sItemGuid, ByRef oItem)
	On Error Resume Next
	NS_GetItemByGuid = false
	
	Err.Clear
	Set oItem = ASDK_ITEM_MANAGEMENT.GetItemByGuid("{" & sItemGuid & "}")
	If ((Err = 0) AND (NOT IsNothing(oItem))) Then NS_GetItemByGuid = true
End Function

Function IsNothing(ByRef oObject)
	IsNothing = false
	
	If TypeName(oObject) = "Nothing" Then IsNothing = true
End Function

thanks for the reply, i will look into code over weekend and then come back to post

thanks the code really helped me understand the concept and get the code working.

great help.