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Chapter 4 Lab Manager API Method Reference

ConfigurationCheckout

Thismethodchecksoutaconfigurationfromthelibraryandmovesittotheworkspaceunderadifferentname.

Syntax

int result = ConfigurationCheckout(7, “Config7May10”);

Arguments

Response

C# Sample Code

try

{

//** LMSoap is the name of the Web reference in Visual Studio.

LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface binding = new

LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface();

//** Create login

binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue = new

LabManagerSoap.AuthenticationHeader();

binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.username = "jaya";

binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.password = "Lab Manager";

binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.organizationname = "MyOrg";

binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.workspacename = "MyWorkspace";

binding.Url =

"https://demo18.LabManager.com/LabManager/SOAP/LabManager.asmx";

binding.Timeout = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes

ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new CertificateAccepter();

//** Get Configuration object

LabManagerSoap.Configuration Config =

binding.GetSingleConfigurationByName("Win2K3Exchange");

int configurationId = Config.id;

//** Timestamp library configuration name as new Workspace name

string checkoutName=Config.name + DateTime.Now.ToString();

//** Check out and move to Workspace

int newConfigID = binding.ConfigurationCheckout(Config.id,

checkoutName);

Console.WriteLine("New Config ID=" + newConfigID.ToString());

Field Data Type Description

configurationID int Numericidentifieroftheconfigurationintheconfiguration

library.

workspaceName string Thechecked‐outconfigurationname.

Field Data Type Description

configurationID int Numericidentifieroftheconfigurationintheworkspace.