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How do i take userinput?

I am trying to get a userinput, kind of like the PromptPCname task.
I have made a BAT file like this:
@Echo off
cls
echo 1. Office
echo 2. Production
CHOICE /C 12 /M "Choose setup style"

md "x:\movead"
copy adminpassword.txt "x:\movead"
copy key.txt "x:\movead"

IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO Production
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO Office


:Production
copy PRODUCTION.ps1 "x:\movead\moveAD.ps1"
exit
:Office
copy Office.ps1 "x:\movead\moveAD.ps1"
exit

When i run it on my PC it works flawlessly, but in the kace environment the task ends up in the background (i see it for a split second) and fails, because the script "hangs" when no user input is given.


What i try to accomplish is this:

Copy the right files to the directory x:\movead depending on the user choice. [preinstall]

Move x:\movead to c:\movead  [mid-level task]

execute C:\movead\moveAD.ps1. This will now move the PC to the right AD directory, making the k1000 server do the rest of the setup. [post install (last task)]


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Posted by: bok 6 years ago
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Top Answer

Quick answer
Use vb script for this.
This seems to be the easiest.

Long answer
I tried to solve this in several ways.
C++ = too hard for me to make a proper GUI.
C# = Not able to run as pre-install task
Visual basic = not able to run as pre install task.

In the end, i started reading up on VB scripts, and came up with this solution.
Option Explicitdim Officedim fsoset fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")'checking if folder existsIf fso.FolderExists("x:\MoveAD") thenelse    fso.CreateFolder "x:\MoveAD"end if' moving common filesfso.CopyFile "Y:\preinstall\23\contents\key.txt", "x:\MoveAD\"fso.CopyFile "Y:\preinstall\23\contents\adminpassword.txt", "x:\MoveAD\"' Asking if this is an office pcOffice = MsgBox("Is this an office PC?",4,  "Office PC")' moving script depending on office or production setupIf Office = vbYes then	fso.CopyFile "Y:\preinstall\23\contents\OFFICE.ps1", "x:\MoveAD\MoveAD.ps1"Else	fso.CopyFile "Y:\preinstall\23\contents\PRODUCTION.ps1", "x:\MoveAD\MoveAD.ps1"end if


I zipped all my files, and added them as an application.
For the command to run, i used cscript.exe Y:\preinstall\23\contents\SetupType.vbs

Hope this helps out others in the future!
 
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