External Call - VBScript - setting UI++ variables

Howdy All!

We assign machines to users, which then drives OU, location, etc...

Here's my first pass/preview for the script to get the user information I need based on the username:

if WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 then

   WScript.Echo "Missing parameters, enter the username you want info from"

end if



WScript.Echo WScript.Arguments(0)



username = WScript.Arguments(0)



Set rootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")

base  = "<LDAP://" & rootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext") & ">"

'filter on user objects with the given account name

fltr  = "(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=Person)" & _

       "(sAMAccountName=" & username & "))"

'add other attributes according to your requirements

attr  = "distinguishedName,sn,sAMAccountName,memberof,adspath"

scope = "subtree"



Set conn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

conn.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"

conn.Open "Active Directory Provider"



Set cmd = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")

Set cmd.ActiveConnection = conn

cmd.CommandText = base & ";" & fltr & ";" & attr & ";" & scope



Set rs = cmd.Execute

Do Until rs.EOF

 WScript.Echo rs.Fields("distinguishedName").Value

 WScript.Echo rs.Fields("sn").Value

 LDAPUPath = rs("adspath")

       For Each m In rs.Fields("memberof").Value

           WScript.Echo Mid(m, 4, InStr(m, ",") - 4)

Next

 rs.MoveNext

Loop





rs.Close



conn.Close
What I'd like to do is set the machine's OU based on the primary user's OU (not the same, but another OU on the same branch of the tree...)

We set the machine name as LEFT(LOC-DEPT-LASTNAME,15) so I'd pass the SN back as well, and have the tech validate the name.

I'd also like to try to automate some (all) of the application selections based on group membership (i.e. if member of accounting pick x, if member of sales pick y)

So my question is how do I "backfill" the UI++ variable?

In theory I'd like to something like this


<Action Type="Input" Name="PrimaryUserInput" Title="Primary User" ShowBack="True">

 <TextInput Prompt="Primary System User" Hint="Enter the name of the primary user for this system" RegEx=".*" Variable="ZZPrimaryUser" Question="Primary user for this system" ADValidate="User"/>

</Action>

<!--Set Primary User-->

<Action Type="ExternalCall" Title="External Command">'cscript.exe //NOLOGO //B QueryAD.vbs "%ZZPrimaryUser%"'</Action>
<!-- lastname, location, department get set based on this script -->
<Action Type="TSVar" Name="ZZComputerName" >"%MyLocation%-%MyDepartment%-%lastname%"</Action>
<Action Type="Input" Name="ComputerNameInput" Title="Computer Name" ShowBack="True">

     <TextInput Prompt="Computer Name" Hint="Enter the name for this system" RegEx="[^\&quot;/\\\[\]:;\|=,\+\*\?&gt;&lt;]{3,15}" Variable="ZZComputerName" Question="Name for this system" Default="%_SMSTSMachineName%" ADValidate="ComputerWarning"/>

   </Action>


Can I set variables directly that UI++ can read from an external call, or do I need to do something like write the variables out to temp text file, and then read them back?