This example creates a collection object (SMS_Collection) and shows the collection-to-collection relationship and a direct membership rule. It also shows how the collection-to-collection and collection membership rules are associated with the collection.

This script adds the user that runs the script to the collection. This script can be used on a Web page to add the current user to a collection that has software advertised to it. Users can then initiate their own software distributions.

For more information about collections, see the following resources:

Example

Dim objSWbemLocator
Dim objSWbemServices
Dim objSWbemContext
Dim objSWbemInst
Dim ProviderLoc
Dim Location
Dim NewName
NewName = "Current User"


'Connect to provider namespace for local computer.
Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")

Set objSWbemServices= objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(".", "root\sms")

Set ProviderLoc = objSWbemServices.InstancesOf("SMS_ProviderLocation")

For Each Location In ProviderLoc
		If Location.ProviderForLocalSite = True Then
			Set objSWbemServices = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer _
				 (Location.Machine, "root\sms\site_" + Location.SiteCode)
		End If
Next

'Determine whether the specified Collection name is unique.
alreadyused = False
Set Collections = objSWbemServices.ExecQuery("Select * From SMS_Collection")
For Each Collection In Collections
	If Collection.Name = NewName Then alreadyused = True
Next
If alreadyused Then
	MsgBox "This collection name is already in use. Please enter a different name."
Else

	'Create the collection.
	Dim newCollection
	Set newCollection = objSWbemServices.Get("SMS_Collection").SpawnInstance_()
	newCollection.Name = NewName
	newCollection.OwnedByThisSite = True
	newCollection.comment = "this is just a test"
	path=newCollection.Put_
	'Get the automatically assigned collection ID 
	'for the new collection.
	Set Collection=objSWbemServices.Get(path)
	newcollectionid= Collection.CollectionID
	'Create the collection relationship.
	'You could use the VerifyNoLoops method of the SMS_Collection class 
	'if you want to ensure that you won't create a loop of collections.
	Dim newCollectionRelation
	Set newCollectionRelation = objSWbemServices.Get( "SMS_CollectToSubCollect" ).SpawnInstance_()
	newCollectionRelation.parentCollectionID = "COLLROOT"
	newCollectionRelation.subCollectionID = newcollectionid
	newCollectionRelation.Put_

	'Determine the current user, as a resource ID.
	Set oWshNetwork=CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
	username = oWshNetwork.UserName
	Set Users = objSWbemServices.ExecQuery("Select * From SMS_R_User WHERE Name LIKE ""%" + username + "%""")
	For Each User In Users
		If User.username = username Then
		ResID = User.ResourceID
		wscript.echo username
		End If
	Next

	'You might want to handle the contingency of a user who is new to 
	'the domain and hasn't been added to the list of SMS users yet.

	'Create a direct collection rule for the user you just determined.
	Set CollectionRule = objSWbemServices.Get("SMS_CollectionRuleDirect").SpawnInstance_()
	CollectionRule.ResourceClassName = "SMS_R_User"
	CollectionRule.RuleName = "ResourceID=" & ResID
	CollectionRule.ResourceID = ResID

	'Add the rule to the collection.
	Collection.AddMembershipRule CollectionRule
	If Err.Number = 0 Then
		Wscript.Echo "You were added to the " + Collection.Name + " collection!"
	End If
'This is the end of the test for a unique collection.
End If

Compiling the Code

  • Requires Windows 2000 Server SP2 or later.

  • Requires an SMS 2003 Site Server.

See Also