The following example shows how to configure the properties of an existing package, in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, by using the SMS_Package class.

To configure an existing package

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Load the existing package object by using SMS_Package class.

  3. Populate any package properties (this example uses package description).

  4. Save the package and the new package properties.

Example

The following example method configures package properties for software distribution.

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

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub ConfigurePackageProperties(connection, existingPackageID, newPackageDescription)

	' Get the specific package object.	 Dim packageToConfigure
	Set packageToConfigure = connection.Get("SMS_Package.PackageID='" & existingPackageID & "'")

	' Replace the existing package property (in this case the package description).
	packageToConfigure.Description = newPackageDescription
	
	' Save the package with the modified properties.
	packageToConfigure.Put_

	' Output package ID and package name.
	wscript.echo "Configured Package "  
	wscript.echo "Package ID:		"  & packageToConfigure.PackageID
	wscript.echo "Package Name:	"  & packageToConfigure.Name

End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void ConfigurePackageProperties(WqlConnectionManager connection, string existingPackageID, string newPackageDescription)
{
	try
	{
		// Get specific package instance to modify.
		IResultObject packageToConfigure = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_Package.PackageID='" + existingPackageID + "'");

		// Replace the existing package property with the new value (in this case the package description).
		packageToConfigure["Description"].StringValue = newPackageDescription;

		// Save package and modified package properties.
		packageToConfigure.Put();

		// Output package ID and package name.
		Console.WriteLine("Configured Package ");
		Console.WriteLine("Package ID:		" + packageToConfigure["PackageID"].StringValue);
		Console.WriteLine("Package Name:	" + packageToConfigure["Name"].StringValue);
}

	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to configure package. 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.

existingPackageID

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The ID of the existing package.

newPackageDescription

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The description for the new package.

Compiling the Code

The C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

mscorlib

Robust Programming

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

See Also