About Software Distribution Control Panel Automation

Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 provides scriptable COM automation objects for managing Control Panel software distribution properties in Configuration Manager 2007.

You can perform such tasks as:

• View and run available programs. For more information, see How to View Available Programs on a Configuration Manager Client.

• Set the temporary folder (cache) that is used for program downloads. For more information, see How to Configure the Software Distribution Advertised Programs Client Agent Cache.

• View software distribution agent settings. For more information, see How to View the Software Distribution Advertised Programs Client Agent Settings.

UIResourceMgr

The entry point is through the UIResourceMgr COM automation object.

Through this object, you can get access to the following COM automation interfaces:

• CacheElement Class
  Exposes all the properties for an item in the Software Distribution Advertised Programs Client Agent cache.

• CacheElements Class
  Contains a collection of CacheElement objects.

• CacheInfo Class
  Allows the interaction and configuration of the Software Distribution Advertised Programs Agent cache.

• ClientAgentSettings Class
  Allows you to retrieve client agent settings.

• DownloadStatus Class
  Allows the ability to view and cancel current user downloads and get the current state of a download of an optional program.

• Program Class
  Exposes all the properties for an available program.

• Programs Class
  Contains a collection of Program objects.

• SWDistClientSettings Class
  Exposes the client software distribution settings.

• ITSProgram Interface
  Allows you to get software packages and programs for a task sequence.

See Also

Concepts

Software Distribution Client Control Panel Automation
UIResourceMgr Class