Modify MDT wizard to automate computer naming

• Thursday, October 04, 2012 6:32 PM

   

   
  

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  Situation:
  
  I am imaging new systems using MDT Lite-Touch. I am trying to customize the wizard to automate the naming of new systems so that they include a prefix "AG-", a department code which is selected from a drop-down box in the wizard page (eg. "COMM"), and finally the serial number of the computer being imaged, so that my result in this case would be "AG-COMM-1234567"
  
  Status:
  
  I have banged away at this for a while but my Google searches have not turned up answers, my trial-and-error is not producing useful error messages and I think I am missing some fundamentals of how to get variables from the wizard page into the variables used by the lite-touch wizard.
  
  Progress:
  
  1. I first created the HTML page which I will include below and added a script to the page to concatenate the pieces into a variable called OSDComputername which, for testing, I could output in a msgbox and get to display correctly.
  
  * The problem with this is I don't know how to trigger the script then assign it to the OSDComputername variable that is used throughout the rest of the Light-Touch process.
  2. I changed the script to a function and added it to DeployWiz_Initization.vbs then used the Initialization field in WDS to call it. I'll include the function below.
  
  
  * The problem with this is I would get "Undefined Variable" for OSDComputername and I am not sure it is pulling the data from the HTML correctly.
  
  3 . I tried adding variables to "Properties=" (eg.DepartmentName) in the customsettings.ini, pulling thier value from the HTML Form and setting that value to the variable in my function in DeployWiz_Initization.vbs and calling them after "OSDComputername=" in the fashion "OSDComputername="AG-" & %DepartmentName%" in customsettings.ini
  
  * This resulted in errors from my script which did not correctly access the new variables
  
  4. I now have my code working. It is pulling the data from the HTML and setting the OSDComputername environment variable. I have updated the code below to match the working code. It is firing correctly and setting my computer name and description exactly as I wanted it to.
  
  * Issue Resolved!
  
  The HTML page:
  
  <H1>Configure the computer name.</H1>
  <p>Please answer the following questions.  Your answers will be used to formulate the computer's name and description.</p>
  
  <FORM NAME="SetComputerNameForm">
      <p>
          <LABEL class="Larger"><u class="Larger">D</u>epartmental Prefix:</LABEL><br />
          <SELECT NAME="DepartmentalPrefix_Edit" ID="DepartmentalPrefix_Edit" language=vbscript onpropertychange=ValidateSetComputerName AccessKey=D>
              <option value="FOO">FOO</option>
              <option value="DOE">DOE</option>                
          </SELECT>
      </p>
  
      <p>
          <LABEL class="Larger"><u class="Larger">C</u>lient's ID:</LABEL>
          <br />
          <INPUT NAME="ClientID" ID="ClientID" TYPE="text" ID="ClientID" SIZE="15" language=vbscript onpropertychange=ValidateSetComputerName AccessKey=C />
          <label class=ErrMsg for=ClientID>* Required (MISSING)</label>
  
  
      </p>
  
      <p>
          <LABEL class="Larger"><u class="Larger">B</u>uilding:</LABEL><br />
          <SELECT NAME="Building_Edit" ID="Building_Edit" language=vbscript onpropertychange=ValidateSetComputerName  AccessKey=B>
                  <option value="ASA">ASA</option>
                  <option value="ASB">ASB</option>
          </SELECT>
      </p>
  
      <p>         
          <LABEL class="Larger"><u class="Larger">R</u>oom Number:</span></LABEL>
          <br />
          <INPUT NAME="RoomNumber" ID="RoomNumber" TYPE="text" ID="RoomNumber" size="15" language=vbscript onpropertychange=ValidateSetComputerName AccessKey=R>
          <label class=ErrMsg for=RoomNumber>* Required (MISSING)</label>
      </p>
  
  </FORM>
  
  The Function:
  
  Function ValidateSetComputerName
      ParseAllWarningLabels
  
      If Len(Document.SetComputerNameForm.ClientNetID.Value) < 1 OR Len(Document.SetComputerNameForm.RoomNumber.Value) < 1 THEN
          ButtonNext.disabled = true
      Else
          Dim Department
          Dim SerialNumber
          Dim CID
          Dim RoomNumber
          Dim BuildingName
          Dim Make
          Dim Model
          Department = Document.SetComputerNameForm.DepartmentalPrefix_Edit.Value
          SerialNumber = oEnvironment.Item("SerialNumber")
          CID = Document.SetComputerNameForm.ClientID.Value
          RoomNumber = Document.SetComputerNameForm.RoomNumber.Value
          BuildingName = Document.SetComputerNameForm.Building_Edit.Value
          Make = oEnvironment.Item("Make")
          Model = oEnvironment.Item("Model")
  
          oEnvironment.Item("OSDComputerName") = "AG-" & Department & "-" & Right(SerialNumber,7)
          oEnvironment.Item("ComputerDescription") = Department & ", " & CID & ", " & RoomNumber & " " & BuildingName & ", " & Make & " " & Model
          ButtonNext.disabled = false
      End If
  
  End Function

  • Edited by JeramyAK Thursday, October 04, 2012 6:33 PM
  • Edited by JeramyAK Thursday, October 04, 2012 6:36 PM
  • Edited by JeramyAK Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:20 PM Resolved
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