Capture input and save into TS variable?

Question

I have a PowerShell script that will prompt the user to enter some information.   I can run this PS script within my task sequence but how to I capture what was entered and save it into a task sequence variable?
mqh7

Answer 1

Hi
I suspect that your UserID variable isn´t passed on to your TS.
You could try this small PowerShell GUI as a workaround.
Insert the code into an empty Notepad document and save it as GetUserID.ps1
Create a package (with no program) in ConfigMgr 2012 using this file as the source.
Insert either a Run Command Line or Run PowerShell Script
step in your TS right after your last partition step in your UDI TS.
The TS variable name used in the script is UserID
I haven´t tested the script but it should Work.
<#
.NOTES
Windows Forms generated by: PowerShell Studio 2014 v4.1.60
Generated on: 11-06-2014 21:51
Generated by: Michael Buchardt
.DESCRIPTION
Get User ID from input and passes it to TS
#>
#region Application Functions
#endregion Application Functions
# Generated Form Function
function Call-GetuserID_psf {
#region Import the Assemblies
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System.DirectoryServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089')
[void][reflection.assembly]::Load('System.ServiceProcess, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a')
#endregion Import Assemblies
#region Generated Form Objects
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()
$Blog = New-Object 'System.Windows.Forms.Form'
$buttonRunOSDeployment = New-Object 'System.Windows.Forms.Button'
$textbox1 = New-Object 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox'
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID = New-Object 'System.Windows.Forms.Label'
$InitialFormWindowState = New-Object 'System.Windows.Forms.FormWindowState'
#endregion Generated Form Objects
# User Generated Script
$OnLoadFormEvent={
#Hide the task sequence progress dialog until next step
$TSProgressUI = new-object -comobject Microsoft.SMS.TSProgressUI
$TSProgressUI.CloseProgressDialog()
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID_Click={
$buttonRunOSDeployment_Click={
#Get User ID from input
$UserID = $textbox1.Text
#Send User ID to SCCM TS
$tsenv = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment
$tsenv.Value("UserID") = "$UserID"
#Close form and Exit Script when RunOSDeployButton is clicked
$Blog.Close()
# --End User Generated Script--
#region Generated Events
$Form_StateCorrection_Load=
#Correct the initial state of the form to prevent the .Net maximized form issue
$Blog.WindowState = $InitialFormWindowState
$Form_Cleanup_FormClosed=
#Remove all event handlers from the controls
try
$buttonRunOSDeployment.remove_Click($buttonRunOSDeployment_Click)
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.remove_Click($labelPleaseEnterAUserID_Click)
$Blog.remove_Load($OnLoadFormEvent)
$Blog.remove_Load($Form_StateCorrection_Load)
$Blog.remove_FormClosed($Form_Cleanup_FormClosed)
catch [Exception]
#endregion Generated Events
#region Generated Form Code
$Blog.SuspendLayout()
# Blog
$Blog.Controls.Add($buttonRunOSDeployment)
$Blog.Controls.Add($textbox1)
$Blog.Controls.Add($labelPleaseEnterAUserID)
$Blog.AcceptButton = $buttonRunOSDeployment
$Blog.ClientSize = '364, 181'
$Blog.ControlBox = $False
$Blog.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif, 12pt"
$Blog.KeyPreview = $True
$Blog.MaximizeBox = $False
$Blog.MinimizeBox = $False
$Blog.Name = "Blog"
$Blog.ShowIcon = $False
$Blog.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'
$Blog.Text = "Get User ID"
$Blog.add_Load($OnLoadFormEvent)
# buttonRunOSDeployment
$buttonRunOSDeployment.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif, 14pt, style=Bold"
$buttonRunOSDeployment.ForeColor = 'MenuHighlight'
$buttonRunOSDeployment.Location = '97, 98'
$buttonRunOSDeployment.Name = "buttonRunOSDeployment"
$buttonRunOSDeployment.Size = '167, 68'
$buttonRunOSDeployment.TabIndex = 2
$buttonRunOSDeployment.Text = "Run OS deployment"
$buttonRunOSDeployment.UseVisualStyleBackColor = $True
$buttonRunOSDeployment.add_Click($buttonRunOSDeployment_Click)
# textbox1
$textbox1.AcceptsReturn = $True
$textbox1.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif, 14pt"
$textbox1.Location = '97, 46'
$textbox1.MaxLength = 15
$textbox1.Name = "textbox1"
$textbox1.Size = '167, 29'
$textbox1.TabIndex = 1
# labelPleaseEnterAUserID
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif, 16pt, style=Bold"
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.Location = '54, 9'
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.Name = "labelPleaseEnterAUserID"
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.Size = '252, 34'
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.TabIndex = 0
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.Text = "Please enter a user ID"
$labelPleaseEnterAUserID.add_Click($labelPleaseEnterAUserID_Click)
$Blog.ResumeLayout()
#endregion Generated Form Code
#Save the initial state of the form
$InitialFormWindowState = $Blog.WindowState
#Init the OnLoad event to correct the initial state of the form
$Blog.add_Load($Form_StateCorrection_Load)
#Clean up the control events
$Blog.add_FormClosed($Form_Cleanup_FormClosed)
#Show the Form
return $Blog.ShowDialog()
} #End Function
#Call the form
Call-GetuserID_psf | Out-Null