ExportXml Method in Class SMS_TaskSequence

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The ExportXml Windows Management Instrumentation(WMI) class method, in Configuration Manager, exports task sequence XML in a format that is suitable to use on another site.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and defines the method.

Syntax

String ExportXml(  
      String Xml  
);

Parameters

Xml
Data type: String

Qualifiers: [in]

The task sequence XML. This XML comes from a previous call to the SaveToXml Method in Class SMS_TaskSequence.

Return Values

A String data type defining the exported task sequence XML.

For information about handling returned errors, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Remarks

Important

Your application must use secure techniques when calling the SaveToXml Method in Class SMS_TaskSequence method, because it retains all passwords (secret information) and product keys (quasi-secret information). Used by itself, this method is not secure when used for saving XML to a file for use by another site.

Your application uses ExportXml to translate between task sequence WMI code and task sequence XML. It first calls the SaveToXml Method in Class SMS_TaskSequence to create task sequence XML, preserving passwords and product keys. Then the application must call ExportXml and save the resulting information to a file, clearing all passwords (secret information) and product keys (quasi-secret information).

Remember that this method does not serialize task sequence XML for an SMS_TaskSequencePackage Server WMI Class object. For a package, you must reflect the task sequence XML by using the <sequence></sequence> tags.

Requirements

See Also

SMS_TaskSequence Server WMI Class
SaveToXml Method in Class SMS_TaskSequence