Article ID: 252831
Article Last Modified on 10/25/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5
This article was previously published under Q252831
SYMPTOMS
When you are using Systems Management Server (SMS) Installer Script Editor to assign a temporary file name (Get Temporary Filename into variablename
), the generated SMS Installer program can cause an "Access violation" error message similar to:
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the Get Temporary Filename script action is used within a loop. For example, the following sample script generates the error message:
Set Variable COUNT to 1 While COUNT Not Equal 200 do Get Temporary Filename into MYFILE Set variable COUNT to %COUNT% (Increment) End Block
For small loop iterations (less than 130), the problem does not occur.
WORKAROUND
Do not use the Get Temporary Filename script action in a loop that is likely to iterate beyond 130 times.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server Installer version 2.0.91.
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