How can I display custom messages in a task sequence using PowerShell in System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)

[anyweb]

it will wait until the user presses ok or until the step timesout, you can adjust the timeout on the step

[dj3094]

Thanks, how can I adjust the timeout. When I select the timeout(display custom message step) its throwing error

[dj3094]

the below script seems to be working, I will confirm after testing

$TSProgressUI = new-object -comobject Microsoft.SMS.TSProgressUI
$TSProgressUI.CloseProgressDialog()
#connect to Task Sequence environment
$tsenv = New-Object -COMObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment
# read variables set in the task sequence
$title = $tsenv.Value("title")
$message = $tsenv.Value("message")
$returncode = $tsenv.Value("returncode")
$messagebox = new-object -comobject wscript.shell
write-output $messagebox.popup("$title ",100," $message ",0)
$returncode

thanks

[The Flying Carpenter]

Niall,

I have modified the script to have an OK and a Cancel button to give the clients an option to do a Microsoft Office version upgrade.

How do i capture the response from the popup and use that response in the task sequence ?  ie: if they press OK, task sequence would continu and if they press cancel, task sequence stops and doesn`t perform the next steps(office upgrade).

Thanks

[The Flying Carpenter]

i`ve got it to the point where the $returncode is good ...meaning if i run it manually, the value is 1 when i click Cancel and 0 when i click OK but how do i send that value back to the task sequence ?

Here is the lower part of the script:

 

 

# now show a popup message to the end user
write-host $title $message 
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“System.Windows.Forms”)
$box = [Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show(“$message”, “$title”, [Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OKCancel, [Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Information)
#$tsenv.Value("ReturnCode") = $ReturnCode

Switch ($box) {
   "OK" {
        Write-Host "OK"    
        $ReturnCode = "0"
        Exit 0
    }
    "Cancel" {
        Write-Host "Cancel"
        $ReturnCode = "1"
        Exit 1
        }
} 

 

[anyweb]

hi Kevin,

you could set a variable in the PowerShell script and use that to hold the value, something like this

$tsenv.Value('WhatValue') = $ReturnCode

then check for the value of that variable in your task sequence by checking for %WhatValue% (create an option on a step)

so it seems you are already doing something like that (but have it remmed out)

[The Flying Carpenter]

Yes, i had it remmed out because i was testing without it but even without it being remmed out, it wasn`t working yesterday.

I do have a step in my TS that checks for a TS sequence variable of "returncode" and if it`s equal to 1, it runs the command --> cmd /c exit 1  and this command should make the TS fail (that`s what i want) but it doesnt fail and it continues on to the next step of upgrading software even though the user selected to cancel it for now.

 

[anyweb]

can you attach your smsts.log so i can see that step being executed please ?

[The Flying Carpenter]

here is my log after removing the # so that the line is no longer remmed out.

there might be lots of unneded stuff in the log because i have a few other lines that are disabled in this TS.

smsts.log

[anyweb]

<![LOG[Expand a string: equals]LOG]!><time="14:23:44.440+180" date="06-07-2019" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="9592" file="utility.cpp:790">
<![LOG[Expand a string: ReturnCode]LOG]!><time="14:23:44.440+180" date="06-07-2019" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="9592" file="utility.cpp:790">
<![LOG[Expand a string: 1]LOG]!><time="14:23:44.440+180" date="06-07-2019" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="9592" file="utility.cpp:790">
<![LOG[The action (Cancel = erreur) has been skipped because the condition is evaluated to be false]LOG]!><time="14:23:44.440+180" date="06-07-2019" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="9592" file="instruction.cxx:696">
<![LOG[Not in SSL]LOG]!><time="14:23:44.483+180" date="06-07-2019" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="9592" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:10091">
<![LOG[Clear local default environment]LOG]!><time="14:23:44.509+180" date="06-07-2019" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="9592" file="executionenv.cxx:809">
<![LOG[Execution of the instruction (Cancel = erreur) has been skipped]LOG]

 

you are only checking for ReturnCode=1 not zero from what I can see..