Notify Users with a dialog (Windows)

Description

TheUse providedthis Windows Fileset iswhen anyou want FileWave to show users a notification while Filesets download, install, or finish activating. The example ofmonitors notifyingthe users,FileWave inClient particularlog here,and araises messageWindows regardingNotification FilesetCenter statusmessages when downloadingthe andconfigured installingtext newpatterns Filesets.appear.

 The Fileset is designed to:

• Create a continual runningWindows service that monitors Fileset changes
• WhereWhen a Fileset changes occur,changes, begin monitoring the FileWave Client log file
• IfWhen a number of presetconfigured text strings are foundappear in the log file, send thisa notification to theWindows Notification CentreCenter
• Lastly,Stop wheremonitoring anotherwhen presetthe configured completion text is found, stop monitoring the log fileappears

The service has been built to be actionedstarts automatically bywhen the user logginglogs in. WhereIf Filesetsthe areFileset is disassociated, each has aits pre-uninstallation script to ensureremoves the servicesservice shouldso alsothe bewatcher removed.does not keep running.

Ingredients

• Provided Fileset:

↓ Windows

Directions

For the example provided:

• Download the necessary provided Fileset
• Upload usingit in FileWave AdminCentral
• Associate to the appropriate devices
• 'Update Model'.the model.

You can adjust the Fileset scripts may be modified for personalyour preference.environment. InThe eachlocal FilesetWindows thereservice isruns athe script thatand is actioned by the local computer service.  The scripts are using a pattern match.  Theuses pattern matching mayagainst bethe editedFileWave asClient required,log. removingAdd or addingremove appropriately.patterns to control which client events trigger a user notification.

Windows

Locate the "BallonTipSwitchWatcher.ps1" file within the Fileset and choose to edit.  In the following code block snippet from this script, the switch statement is pattern matching text.  In the provided example the script is looking for lines that contain any one of the following:

• Model version
• Downloading Fileset
• Done activating
• Activate all

Where found, the 'ShowBalloonTipInfo' function is being used to prompt the user:

BallonTipSwitchWatcher.ps1

$changeAction = Get-Content C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWClient\fwcld.log -tail 1 -wait | ForEach-Object {
switch($_) {
{ $_ -match "Model version" -or $_ -match "Downloading Fileset" -or $_ -match "Done activating" -or $_ -match "Activate all" } { ShowBalloonTipInfo ("FileWave: ",$_.split("|")[4]) }

The second part of the switch statement is causing the script to exit.  The pattern match this time, is any line that contains:

• Installation

BallonTipSwitchWatcher.ps1

{ $_ -match "Installation" } { break }

Notes

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