SMS: The SMS Installer "Parse String" Action Leaves an Undeclared String in a Null Variable (321280)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer 2.0
This article was previously published under Q321280 SYMPTOMS
When the wizard creates SMS Installer code, or if you create code by using the Parse String action, you can parse a string and split it into separate variables. However, in SMS Installer version 2.0.148, if you parse a string into a single string, the rest of the string is allocated to a null variable (%%). Therefore, if you want to display a dialog box that contains a percent character (%), which requires using double percent characters (%%), you get the remainder of the parsed string instead of a percent character.
This works as expected in earlier versions of SMS Installer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, declare the rest of the string in the second variable of the Parse String action.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in SMS Installer 2.0.148.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 6/14/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB321280 |
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