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    Posted: 27 September 2012 at 11:03pm
I'm looking at several dozen machines with BGinfo -- three different Windows and three different Office versions on several different servers.

Each machine's BGinfo setting has, over time, been tweaked individually by users -- with varying success.

I'd like to get them sorted out.

Can I pull details of Custom Fields -- the Identifier, Type, and Path -- into a database or file?

Individual machines' Custom Fields may vary -- if only by typos -- different Identifier names pointing to the same Path, or the same Identifier name pointing to different Paths.
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Further question -- is there a way to force the custom fields to _be_ exported to VMinfo?
It's not happening for me.
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PS -- I do work with competent programmers, tho I'm not one.

If I can find out enough to suggest it's doable they'll make it work.

If it's not possible noway nohow -- knowing that would help.

At worst I can take screenshots of each machine and each setting, or copy-paste out the details from the custom settings, and make my own list or table.

Just hoping -- since the info is there --- that BGinfo can export it or something else can read it out of BGinfo -- rather than using a meat tool (me) to copy it out.

I'll do that if I must, early next week.
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No help. Looking elsewhere.
Email will notify me if anyone replies here.
'thanks in advance' as they say
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The no replies may have to do with: What is the goal here? Are you just trying to update BGinfo on many machines so it displays the same information? Are you trying to gather that information and add it to a database? Do both? Seems confusing. FYI: I only check this site once a week. -WS
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One problem solved -- after deleting the Excel file [call it info.xls]   and letting it get recreated-- all the custom fields appear and get updated.

Problem of custom fields that varied between machines evaded by having only one .BGI definition file, in a Dropbox folder on each machine. So no more inconsistent field definitions.

Answering your question above:

I'm trying to gather information and add it to a database

so I can keep track of which machines have what installed, need what changes/updates/etc.

Example: a "free space" field for C:\ to predict when a machine runs out of hard drive (Microsoft Update quits installing big updates around 5GB free, silently).
Example: a timestamp for when a file got changed.
Example: Office or Word version info
Got those working, showing up for each machine that reports in.


Wishlist now:
A way to add a persistent blank column to the info.xls file in which we can keep notes. "This needs C:\ bigger.   This needs updates. This has a problem ..." --- for each individual machine that reports in.

Can I do this by deleting info.xls, getting it recreated by one BGI operation, then adding a blank column for notes to a newly created info.xls, then opening and closing all the machines so they update the .xls file




and have that survive the daily revisions.
For example I have a column
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Glad you have it working. Thanks for posting back your results and what you did, I am sure it will be of help to others that are trying to do the same sort of thing. Thanks again -WS
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Hello;
you can centralize all your information in a database with bginfo4x (bginfo4x.sourceforge.net)

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