ActionListOn Items May Be Reset to off after Editing a Policy

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

ActionListOn items in a policy file are reset to off when the policy file is opened for editing and then saved.

CAUSE

The policy template keywords ActionListOn and ActionListOff are used to specify an optional list of changes to the registry that are made in response to a control being in a certain state. For example, if a check box is the control, and it's selected, all entries specified in the ActionListOn section are set in the registry. If the check box is cleared, all entries in the ActionListOff are used.

RESOLUTION

A variable is required to store the state of the ActionList. One of the following keywords must be used in defining the registry key containing the actionlist: ValueName, or ListBox, or ComboBox. The following section of a Policy file contains just some of the ways to use each of the above keywords with the ActionList section.

CLASS USER

CATEGORY "Level 1"

     POLICY "Policy One"
     KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Policies\1
     VALUENAME "TestValue"
     ACTIONLISTON
          VALUENAME "ParameterOne"    VALUE NUMERIC 1
          VALUENAME "ParameterTwo"    VALUE NUMERIC 2
     END ACTIONLISTON
     ACTIONLISTOFF
           VALUENAME "ParameterOne"    VALUE NUMERIC -1
           VALUENAME "ParameterTwo"    VALUE NUMERIC -2
     END ACTIONLISTOFF
     END POLICY

     POLICY "Policy Two"
     KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Policies\2
     PART Test LISTBOX EXPLICITVALUE
     END PART
     ACTIONLISTON
             VALUENAME "ParameterThree"    VALUE NUMERIC 3
             VALUENAME "ParameterFour"     VALUE NUMERIC 4
     END ACTIONLISTON
     ACTIONLISTOFF
             VALUENAME "ParameterThree"    VALUE NUMERIC 30
             VALUENAME "ParameterFour"     VALUE NUMERIC 40
     END ACTIONLISTOFF
     END POLICY

     POLICY "Policy Three"
     KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Policies\3
     PART "ChBx" COMBOBOX
     SUGGESTIONS
       User PowerUser
     END SUGGESTIONS
      VALUENAME "Combo1"
     END PART
     ACTIONLISTON
             VALUENAME "ParameterFive"    VALUE NUMERIC 5
             VALUENAME "ParameterSix"     VALUE NUMERIC 6
     END ACTIONLISTON
     ACTIONLISTOFF
             VALUENAME "ParameterFive"    VALUE NUMERIC 50
             VALUENAME "ParameterSix"     VALUE NUMERIC 60
     END ACTIONLISTOFF

END POLICY
END CATEGORY 

Additional query words: ntregistry spe poledit adm common winnt windows

Keywords : ntdomain NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:4.0;Win95
Platform : NT
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