Path in .mnv file is missing backslashes

Products

• CA Automation Suite for Data Centers - Configuration Automation
• CA Client Automation - Asset Management
• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation
• CA Client Automation - Remote Control
• CA Client Automation - Asset Intelligence
• CA Client Automation - Desktop Migration Manager
• CA Client Automation - Patch Manager

Issue/Introduction

• Running a dms script to collect path information and write this to a .mif file works fine but when the .mif is read by asset management agent and written to .mnv all the backslashes "\" are removed
• for example the follwing dms script collects the path of the variable sdroot and writes it to a .mif
  
  Dim BaseSDPath as String
  Dim sMifFile AS String
  
  'Obtain %SDROOT% path 
  BaseSDPath=EnvGetString("SDROOT")
  
  sMifFile= ComputerPath + "sdroot.mif"
  
  CreateMIFFile(sMifFile,"Base SD install Path","This MIf file contains the base sd install Path (SDROOT)")
  CreateMIFGroup(sMifFile,"SDROOT","Base SD install Path","SD|path|1")
  CreateMIFString(sMifFile,"SDROOT","SDROOT",BaseSDPath,"Base SD install Path(%sdroot%)")
  
  
• The path is shown correctly in the sdroot.mif but in the sdroot.mnv the \'s are missing
  
  000101[Base SD install Path]
  000201[Base SD install Path|SDROOT]
  00010500SDROOT|C:Program Files (x86)CADSMSD

Cause

• The international standard for mif files means that special characters need to be escaped with a \. so if you need the path to display a single \ it needs to be \\ in the mif file. 
  
  
• The first \ escapes the special character allowing the second to display in the .mnv file.

Environment

Release: UASIT.99000-12.9-Asset Intelligence
Component:

Resolution

• We can add a function (here called DoubleSlash)  to the DMS that will replace \ with \\.
• This will escape the special character and allow the additional inventory to be correctly reported
  
  Dim BaseSDPath as String
  Dim sMifFile AS String
  
  FUNCTION DoubleSlash(sString AS STRING) AS STRING
  DIM i as integer
  DIM sBuf as STRING
  sBuf=""
  FOR i=1 TO Len(sString)
     sBuf=sBuf+Mid(sString,i,1)  
     IF Mid(sString,i,1)="\" THEN
       sBuf=sBuf+"\"
    END IF
  NEXT i
  
  DoubleSlash=sBuf
  
  END FUNCTION
  
  'Obtain %SDROOT% path
  BaseSDPath=DoubleSlash(EnvGetString("SDROOT"))
  
  sMifFile= ComputerPath + "sdroot.mif"
  
  CreateMIFFile(sMifFile,"Base SD install Path","This MIf file contains the base sd install Path (SDROOT)")
  CreateMIFGroup(sMifFile,"SDROOT","Base SD install Path","SD|path|1")
  CreateMIFString(sMifFile,"SDROOT","SDROOT",BaseSDPath,"Base SD install Path(%sdroot%)")
  
  
• Now sdroot.mnv is correctly formatted
  
  000101[Base SD install Path]
  000201[Base SD install Path|SDROOT]
  00010500SDROOT|C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\DSM\SD