The following example shows how to create an advertisement by using the SMS_Advertisement class and class properties in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.

Important
To create an advertisement that targets a collection, you must have “Deploy Packages” permissions for the collection and “Read” permissions for the package.

To create an advertisement

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Create the new advertisement object using the SMS_Advertisement class.

  3. Populate the new advertisement properties.

  4. Save the new advertisement and properties.

Example

The following example method creates an advertisement for software distribution.

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

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub SWDCreateAdvertisement(connection, existingCollectionID, existingPackageID, existingProgramName, newAdvertisementName, newAdvertisementComment, newAdvertisementFlags, newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime, newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled)
	Dim newAdvertisement
	' Create the new advertisement object.
	Set newAdvertisement = connection.Get("SMS_Advertisement").SpawnInstance_

	' Populate the advertisement properties.
	newAdvertisement.CollectionID = existingCollectionID
	newAdvertisement.PackageID = existingPackageID
	newAdvertisement.ProgramName = existingProgramName
	newAdvertisement.AdvertisementName = newAdvertisementName
	newAdvertisement.Comment = newAdvertisementComment
	newAdvertisement.AdvertFlags = newAdvertisementFlags
	newAdvertisement.PresentTime = newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime
	newAdvertisement.PresentTimeEnabled = newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled

	' Save the new advertisement and properties.
	newAdvertisement.Put_ 

	' Output new advertisement name.
	Wscript.Echo "Created advertisement: " & newAdvertisement.AdvertisementName

End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void CreateSWDAdvertisement(WqlConnectionManager connection, string existingCollectionID, string existingPackageID, string existingProgramName, string newAdvertisementName, string newAdvertisementComment, int newAdvertisementFlags, string newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime, bool newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled)
{
	try
	{
		// Create new advertisement instance.
		IResultObject newAdvertisement = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_Advertisement");

		// Populate new advertisement values.
		newAdvertisement["CollectionID"].StringValue = existingCollectionID;
		newAdvertisement["PackageID"].StringValue = existingPackageID;
		newAdvertisement["ProgramName"].StringValue = existingProgramName;
		newAdvertisement["AdvertisementName"].StringValue = newAdvertisementName;
		newAdvertisement["Comment"].StringValue = newAdvertisementComment;
		newAdvertisement["AdvertFlags"].IntegerValue = newAdvertisementFlags;
		newAdvertisement["PresentTime"].StringValue = newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime;
		newAdvertisement["PresentTimeEnabled"].BooleanValue = newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled;

		// Save the new advertisment and properties.
		newAdvertisement.Put();

		// Output new assignment name.
		Console.WriteLine("Created advertisement: " + newAdvertisement["AdvertisementName"].StringValue);
}

	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to assign advertisement. 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.

existingCollectionID

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The ID of an existing collection with which to associate the advertisement.

existingPackageID

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The ID of an existing package with which to associate the advertisement.

existingProgramName

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The name for the program associated with the advertisement.

newAdvertisementName

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The name for the new advertisement.

newAdvertisementComment

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

A comment for the new advertisement.

newAdvertisementFlags

  • Managed: Integer

  • VBScript: Integer

Flags specifying options for the new advertisement.

newAdvertisementStartOfferDateTime

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The time when the new advertisement is first offered.

newAdvertisementStartOfferEnabled

  • Managed: Boolean

  • VBScript: Boolean

true if the advertisement is offered.

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