Microsoft KB Archive/931082

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How to obtain a directory value in Profile Maker

Article ID: 931082

Article Last Modified on 2/14/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Profile Maker Professional 8.0
• Profile Maker Professional 9.0

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INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to obtain a directory value in Desktop Standard Profile Maker.

MORE INFORMATION

To obtain a directory value and store it in an environment variable for use in Profile Maker, follow these steps:

1. Paste the following script in a text file. Then, save the text file as Obdirvalue.vbs.

   ' VBScript to determine the server name of the user's mapped
   ' home directory or the drive letter of the local home directory
   ' and pass that value to Profile Maker as an environment
   ' variable named %HomeServer%
   
   ' Enable error handling and prevent error messages On Error Resume Next 
   
   Dim objUser Dim wshShell 
   Dim wshEnv 
   Dim nPos 
   Dim strServer
   
   ' get home directory from server 
   Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://%UserDomain%/%UserName%") 
   
   ' parse out server name (or drive letter if local) 
   nPos = InStr(3, objUser.HomeDirectory, "\") 
   strServer = Left(objUser.HomeDirectory, nPos-1) 
   
   ' set value into volatile variable for Profile Maker 
   ' will set to empy string if error occurred or value not set 
   Set wshShell = Wscript.C

2. At the command prompt, move to the folder in which you saved the file in step 1.
3. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
   
   cscript obdirvalue.vbs

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