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I'm not sure what your comment has to do with the ...

2009-09-27T07:33:41.353-05:00

I'm not sure what your comment has to do with the ISAuto interface but heh, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

That does remind me, I should get around to trying QMX for SCCM on Linux.

Heh. No problems. I avoid them by not using Window...

2009-09-27T07:13:35.848-05:00

Heh. No problems. I avoid them by not using Windows.

Have you seen the Add/Remove programs button in Ubuntu? Unlike in Windows, the "ADD" part works. Installation is soooo much easier in Linux, or for that matter OSX. Why anyone who knows anything about operating systems uses Windows is beyond me.

I'm using C# with a COM reference. I'm coding more...

2009-09-23T12:16:37.800-05:00

I'm using C# with a COM reference. I'm coding more defensively now that I know the behavior.

ISWiFeature existingFeature = _project.ISwiFeatures[ featureName];
if( null == existingFeature )
{
ISWiFeature newFeature = _project.AddFeature( featureName );
...
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Feature already exists.");
}

Sorry for coming off so irritated. I did some automation work last year and I had to convert to XML and use DTF because of interface issues. It just seems like a very untested part of the system that is always difficult to use and fragile.

Are you calling your automation script with a lang...

2009-09-23T11:47:35.379-05:00

Are you calling your automation script with a language that can handle exceptions properly (C#, full VB, etc.), or with something like VBS via CScript? I'm pretty sure the latter turns exceptions into modal dialogs...