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OSD:How to Add a Category to a Windows Driver

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VBScript
Sub AddDriverCategory(connection,driver,categoryName)

    Dim categories
    Dim category
    Dim driverCategoryID
    Dim categoryID
    Dim results
    Dim existingCategory
  
    ' Find the category that matches the supplied category name.
    Set results = _
      connection.ExecQuery("SELECT * From SMS_CategoryInstance WHERE LocalizedCategoryInstanceName = '" _
      + categoryName+ "'")
          
    ' If the category was found, add it to the driver.
    For Each category in results
    
        If IsNull(driver.CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs) or UBound (driver.CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs) = -1 Then
            ' It is empty. Add the category.
            driver.CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs =  Array(category.CategoryInstance_UniqueID)
         Else
            
            ' Determine if the category is already applied to the driver.
            For each existingCategory in driver.CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs 
                if existingCategory = category.CategoryInstance_UniqueID Then
                    WScript.Echo "Already added"
                    Exit Sub
                End If
            Next    
            
            ' Add the category.
            categories = driver.CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs
            Redim Preserve categories (UBound (driver.CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs)+1)
            categories (Ubound (categories)) =  category.CategoryInstance_UniqueID 
            driver.CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs = categories
        End If
    
        driver.Put_       
    Next    
End Sub
Platforms
Windows Server 2008 R2 Yes
Windows Server 2008 Yes
Windows Server 2003 Yes
Windows 7 No
Windows Vista No
Windows XP No
Windows 2000 No
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