Note: In the following code examples, the template settings are passed into the method by using a string variable called deploymentTemplateSettings. The template settings are stored in an XML structure.

VB Template Setting Example (one long string):
deploymentTemplateSettings = "<TemplateDescription xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" xmlns:xsd=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema""> <CollectionId>SMS00001</CollectionId> <IncludeSub>true</IncludeSub> <AttendedInstall>true</AttendedInstall> <UTC>true</UTC> <Duration>2</Duration> <DurationUnits>Weeks</DurationUnits> <SuppressServers>Unchecked</SuppressServers> <SuppressWorkstations>Unchecked</SuppressWorkstations> <AllowRestart>false</AllowRestart> <Deploy2003>true</Deploy2003> <CollectImmediately>false</CollectImmediately> <LocalDPOption>DownloadAndInstall</LocalDPOption> <RemoteDPOption>DownloadAndInstall</RemoteDPOption> <DisableMomAlert>false</DisableMomAlert> <GenerateMomAlert>false</GenerateMomAlert> <UseRemoteDP>false</UseRemoteDP> <UseUnprotectedDP>false</UseUnprotectedDP> </TemplateDescription>"

C# Template Setting Example (the same template settings and still passed as a string, but the XML structure is more obvious).

string deploymentTemplateSettings = 
  @"<TemplateDescription xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" xmlns:xsd=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"">
  <CollectionId>SMS00001</CollectionId>
  <IncludeSub>true</IncludeSub>
  <AttendedInstall>true</AttendedInstall>
  <UTC>true</UTC>
  <Duration>2</Duration>
  <DurationUnits>Weeks</DurationUnits>
  <SuppressServers>Unchecked</SuppressServers>
  <SuppressWorkstations>Unchecked</SuppressWorkstations>
  <AllowRestart>false</AllowRestart>
  <Deploy2003>true</Deploy2003>
  <CollectImmediately>false</CollectImmediately>
  <LocalDPOption>DownloadAndInstall</LocalDPOption>
  <RemoteDPOption>DownloadAndInstall</RemoteDPOption>
  <DisableMomAlert>false</DisableMomAlert>
  <GenerateMomAlert>false</GenerateMomAlert>
  <UseRemoteDP>false</UseRemoteDP>
  <UseUnprotectedDP>false</UseUnprotectedDP>
  </TemplateDescription>";

Sub CreateSUMDeploymentTemplate(connection, 		_
								 newTemplateName, 	 _
								 newTemplateDescription,  _
								 newTemplateSettings,  _
								 newTemplateType)			 

	' Create the new Template object.
	Set newSUMTemplate = connection.Get("SMS_Template").SpawnInstance_

	' Populate the SMS_Template properties.
	' Note: The template name (newTemplateName) must be unique.
	newSUMTemplate.Name = newTemplateName
	newSUMTemplate.Description = newTemplateDescription
	newSUMTemplate.Data = newTemplateSettings
	newSUMTemplate.Type = newTemplateType
		
	' Save the new template and properties.
	newSUMTemplate.Put_ 

	' Output the new template name.
	Wscript.Echo "Created new template: " & newTemplateName			
								
 End Sub

public void CreateSUMDeploymentTemplate(WqlConnectionManager connection,
										string newTemplateName, 
										string newTemplateDescription,
										string newTemplateSettings,
										int newTemplateType)
{
	try
	{
		// Create the template object.
		IResultObject newSUMTemplate = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_Template");

		// Populate the new template properties.
		// Note: The template name (newTemplateName) must be unique.
		newSUMTemplate["Name"].StringValue = newTemplateName;
		newSUMTemplate["Description"].StringValue = newTemplateDescription;
		newSUMTemplate["Data"].StringValue = newTemplateSettings;
		newSUMTemplate["Type"].IntegerValue = newTemplateType;

		// Save the new template and the new template properties.
		newSUMTemplate.Put();

		// Output the new template name.
		Console.WriteLine("Created template: " + newTemplateName);
}

	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to create template. Error: " + ex.Message);
		throw;
}
}