Workflow - Password Field CAPS LOCK Warning
Original article is posted here.Caveat: in some versions of 7.6, the way Workflow renders form textbox elements is quirky. Sometimes (depending on the version of Workflow you're using) you'll need to...
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Repair web.config After Opening a Published Project
Original article is posted here.There are sometimes circumstances which require that we open a published Workflow file (perhaps your "development" workflow machine experiences a catastrophe and the...
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Write Data to an Excel File
Original article is posted here.I had the opportunity to respond to a post here, regarding writing data to an Excel file. Here’s a quick go-to on how to do it.Let’s have a look at two different...
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Sending Gmail Email via SMTP
Original article is posted here.Because I perform nearly all of my Workflow development and labwork locally on my workstation, I do not want to have Exchange and Outlook and all that running in a VM...
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Validating Whether a Value Exists
Original article is posted here.Whether this is a great, or extensible, or lazy, or short-sighted solution is likely quite debatable. However, I use this method for nearly every variable value...
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Keeping a Tidy Workflow Canvas
This article should help detail some of the Workflow components that can make your Workflows easier to read, follow, and self-document. Annotation/DocumentationRectangles and description components...
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Modular Workflows Primer
After I gained a bit of experience with Workflow, I began to attempt to tackle more complex processes. While developing these, I ended up with a sprawling mess of a canvas, duplicate evaluations and...
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Single Selection in CheckBox "Group"
Original article is posted here.A while ago I had a Workflow process, in which I used a form, on which I had a group of CheckBoxes. The business process for the workflow demands that out of the 5...
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Create a Loading Page
Original article is posted here.While the Workflow Form Builder component has options for “processing” messages, I needed more flexibility with dynamic data. The standard “Processing Message” field at...
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Workflow Variable Efficiency: Declaration and Source
Original article is posted here.Buried in this process are way too many static values.Don’t judge my sprawling process. I was still finding my sea legs.When I first started developing Workflows,...
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Adding Placeholder Behavior to TextBox Elements
Original article is posted here.Using placeholders in HTML forms is simple enough, but when building Workflow forms, the “placeholder” attribute is not made available to us in the designer.Using a...
View ArticleComparing Altiris Data to AD to Determine Missing Clients
One of the hardest tasks of an Altiris Administrator is maintaining agent coverage across the estate and ensuring all Assets have an accurate status. This article will provide a brief guide on how to...
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SMP - Map AD Status from AD Import
In this Article I'm going to show you how to extend the User Resource to include extra properties you can retrieve from the AD Import to gain extra information about your user base. We are going to map...
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How to Find Drivers for Dell Machines
Dell is one of the largest vendors for enterprise machines, and it is common to need to add drivers for their systems into the Ghost Solution Suite or Deployment Solution for preboot OS support and for...
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Workflow - SMP - ASDK - Asset Ownership
In this Article I'm going to explain how Asset Ownership is controlled in the SMP and how to maintain it using Workflow and the ASDK.Let's look at it in the SMP first.Home | Service and Asset...
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Removing Items Remotely and in Bulk
Methods of DeletingWhilst items can be directly deleted from the SMP console I want to show you a couple of alternative methods which you might not necessarily know about which allows you to remove...
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Creating a PXE Boot Image for Ghostcasting in Ghost Solution Suite 3
One of the features of Ghost Solution Suite 3 is that the console installation automatically configures a PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) server. This allows machines to boot into automation...
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Stopping A Job/Task (Remotely)
I've seen a number on questions raised on connect about whether or not the ASDK web services support the stopping of a job or task. Unfortunately the Task Management Service doesn't support this but...
View ArticleRetiring Inactive Computers that are Disabled in AD
One of the hardest tasks of an Altiris Administrator is maintaining agent coverage across the estate and ensuring all Assets have an accurate status. This article will provide a brief guide on how to...
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Symantec Agent fails to register: Error: “HTTP Request Failed: No connection...
Symantec Agent fails to register: Error: “HTTP Request Failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it”Issue:The agent installation is successful but the Symantec...
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