Microsoft KB Archive/195858

= SMS: Changes to the SMS Installer Parse String Function =

Article ID: 195858

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5

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This article was previously published under Q195858



SUMMARY
The Parse String action is used to break a string up into two pieces and insert those pieces into two new variables, Destination Variable 1 and Destination Variable 2. A parse token is used to indicate the position within the string where it should be split. Before build 35 of Systems Management Server Installer 1.0, the parse token was not included in either variable. Due to customer requests, builds 35 and higher of the Systems Management Server Installer 1.0 include the parse token on Destination Variable 2. However, this change to the parse string function may affect the behavior of scripts written before build 35. For this reason, the original functionality of the Parse String action was restored in Systems Management Server Installer 2.0 builds 55 and higher. Systems Management Server Installer 2.0 adds an Include Parse Token in destination variable 2 check box to the PARSE STRING function.



MORE INFORMATION
The following are some examples:

  Parse String in SMS Installer 1.0 builds 34 and lower String: C:\Program Files Parse Token: \ Destination Variable 1 value: C:  Destination Variable 2 value: Program Files

  Parse String in SMS Installer 1.0 and 2.0 builds 35 to 54 String: C:\Program Files Parse Token: \ Destination Variable 1 value: C:  Destination Variable 2 value: \Program Files

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Keywords: kbinfo KB195858

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