Variable in OSC File

[Brendon Rogers]

Windows 2000 Server and Pro SP4

I have customized my RIS CIW / OSC files to provide me with a simple menu
choice which requires the tech to select the licence type on the computer,
we want to collect this information for auditing purposes.

Excerpt from LICENSE.OSC:

<FORM ACTION="WARNING">
License type: <SELECT NAME="LICENSETYPE" MAXLENGTH=40><BR>
<OPTION VALUE="None">None
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP">Windows XP
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP2K">Windows XP & 2000
<OPTION VALUE="Windows2KNT">Windows 2000 & NT4
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsNT">Windows NT4
<OPTION VALUE="Windows9895">Windows 98SE & 95
</SELECT>

I have the menu system working just fine, now my issue is how to pass the
choice to the OS so I can store it somewhere and refer to it later on.
Technet mentions you can use any variable you like in the OSC files, in this
case its %LICENSETYPE%.

How do I store the data in this variable in the registry or a text file? I
have managed to implement a workaround in the .SIF file:

[GuiRunOnce]
%LICENSETYPE%

This stores the info in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce.

I then run a VBScript which is called by CMDLINES.TXT which should read this
key, reseave it in a more appropriate location then delete it (since its
obviously not a valid RunOnce command). However, it appears the VBScript
runs after the RunOnce entry is populated. I have tested the VBScript on a
completed machine and it works then so the script is not at fault.

Any suggestions or other ideas?

Brendon

 

[NIC Student]

That's a cool idea, Brendon. I wish I knew how to do it, but you might ask
the gurus over in microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript. Torgeir Bakken has
helped me many times with vbs ideas.

 

[Brendon Rogers]

I have worked out how to do it, will post more info here later on if anyone
is interested.

Brendon

That's a cool idea, Brendon. I wish I knew how to do it, but you might ask
the gurus over in microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript. Torgeir Bakken has
helped me many times with vbs ideas.

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

Windows 2000 Server and Pro SP4

I have customized my RIS CIW / OSC files to provide me with a simple menu
choice which requires the tech to select the licence type on the computer,
we want to collect this information for auditing purposes.

Excerpt from LICENSE.OSC:

<FORM ACTION="WARNING">
License type: <SELECT NAME="LICENSETYPE" MAXLENGTH=40><BR>
<OPTION VALUE="None">None
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP">Windows XP
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP2K">Windows XP & 2000
<OPTION VALUE="Windows2KNT">Windows 2000 & NT4
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsNT">Windows NT4
<OPTION VALUE="Windows9895">Windows 98SE & 95
</SELECT>

I have the menu system working just fine, now my issue is how to pass the
choice to the OS so I can store it somewhere and refer to it later on.
Technet mentions you can use any variable you like in the OSC files, in this
case its %LICENSETYPE%.

How do I store the data in this variable in the registry or a text file? I
have managed to implement a workaround in the .SIF file:

[GuiRunOnce]
%LICENSETYPE%

This stores the info in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce.

I then run a VBScript which is called by CMDLINES.TXT which should read this
key, reseave it in a more appropriate location then delete it (since its
obviously not a valid RunOnce command). However, it appears the VBScript
runs after the RunOnce entry is populated. I have tested the VBScript on a
completed machine and it works then so the script is not at fault.

Any suggestions or other ideas?

Brendon

 

[NIC Student]

Please post your findings, thanks.

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

I have worked out how to do it, will post more info here later on if anyone
is interested.

Brendon

That's a cool idea, Brendon. I wish I knew how to do it, but you might ask
the gurus over in microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript. Torgeir Bakken has
helped me many times with vbs ideas.

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE
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I

have managed to implement a workaround in the .SIF file:

[GuiRunOnce]
%LICENSETYPE%

This stores the info in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce.

I then run a VBScript which is called by CMDLINES.TXT which should

read
this

key, reseave it in a more appropriate location then delete it (since its
obviously not a valid RunOnce command). However, it appears the VBScript
runs after the RunOnce entry is populated. I have tested the VBScript

on

a

 

[Chris Nelson]

I needed to accomplish the same thing. Basically, from
the GUIRunOnce section, I called a batch file and passed
the %Variable% in the command line of the batch file:

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0 = "c:\winnt\temp\license.cmd %Licensetype%"

My "license.cmd" file simply did this:

echo %1 > c:\winnt\temp\license.txt

Then, later in the remainder of the setup, I have a script
update the value of the license to a field in a database.
The same script also provides the network username of the
user and the name of the computer to the database as well.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Chris Nelson

-----Original Message-----
That's a cool idea, Brendon. I wish I knew how to do it, but you might ask
the gurus over in microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript. Torgeir Bakken has
helped me many times with vbs ideas.

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

Windows 2000 Server and Pro SP4

I have customized my RIS CIW / OSC files to provide me with a simple menu
choice which requires the tech to select the licence type on the computer,
we want to collect this information for auditing purposes.

Excerpt from LICENSE.OSC:

<FORM ACTION="WARNING">
License type: <SELECT NAME="LICENSETYPE"

<OPTION VALUE="None">None
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP">Windows XP
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP2K">Windows XP & 2000
<OPTION VALUE="Windows2KNT">Windows 2000 & NT4
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsNT">Windows NT4
<OPTION VALUE="Windows9895">Windows 98SE & 95
</SELECT>

I have the menu system working just fine, now my issue is how to pass the
choice to the OS so I can store it somewhere and refer to it later on.
Technet mentions you can use any variable you like in

the OSC files, in
this

case its %LICENSETYPE%.

How do I store the data in this variable in the registry or a text file? I
have managed to implement a workaround in the .SIF file:

[GuiRunOnce]
%LICENSETYPE%

This stores the info in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\RunOnce.

I then run a VBScript which is called by CMDLINES.TXT

which should read
this

key, reseave it in a more appropriate location then delete it (since its
obviously not a valid RunOnce command). However, it appears the VBScript
runs after the RunOnce entry is populated. I have tested the VBScript on a
completed machine and it works then so the script is not at fault.

Any suggestions or other ideas?

Brendon

.

 

[Brendon Rogers]

Hi Chris

Thats basically what I came up with too - GuiRunOnce is the only field you
can put variables into which you can then manipulate later. Only difference
with my implementation was using VBScript.

Thanks for the info

Brendon

I needed to accomplish the same thing. Basically, from
the GUIRunOnce section, I called a batch file and passed
the %Variable% in the command line of the batch file:

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0 = "c:\winnt\temp\license.cmd %Licensetype%"

My "license.cmd" file simply did this:

echo %1 > c:\winnt\temp\license.txt

Then, later in the remainder of the setup, I have a script
update the value of the license to a field in a database.
The same script also provides the network username of the
user and the name of the computer to the database as well.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Chris Nelson

-----Original Message-----
That's a cool idea, Brendon. I wish I knew how to do it, but you might ask
the gurus over in microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript. Torgeir Bakken has
helped me many times with vbs ideas.

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

Windows 2000 Server and Pro SP4

I have customized my RIS CIW / OSC files to provide me with a simple menu
choice which requires the tech to select the licence type on the computer,
we want to collect this information for auditing purposes.

Excerpt from LICENSE.OSC:

<FORM ACTION="WARNING">
License type: <SELECT NAME="LICENSETYPE"

<OPTION VALUE="None">None
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP">Windows XP
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsXP2K">Windows XP & 2000
<OPTION VALUE="Windows2KNT">Windows 2000 & NT4
<OPTION VALUE="WindowsNT">Windows NT4
<OPTION VALUE="Windows9895">Windows 98SE & 95
</SELECT>

I have the menu system working just fine, now my issue is how to pass the
choice to the OS so I can store it somewhere and refer to it later on.
Technet mentions you can use any variable you like in

the OSC files, in
this

case its %LICENSETYPE%.

How do I store the data in this variable in the registry or a text file? I
have managed to implement a workaround in the .SIF file:

[GuiRunOnce]
%LICENSETYPE%

This stores the info in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\RunOnce.

I then run a VBScript which is called by CMDLINES.TXT

which should read
this

key, reseave it in a more appropriate location then delete it (since its
obviously not a valid RunOnce command). However, it appears the VBScript
runs after the RunOnce entry is populated. I have tested the VBScript on a
completed machine and it works then so the script is not at fault.

Any suggestions or other ideas?

Brendon

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