Syntax on PsDSC help needed

[PhilippeC.]

Hello
I am migrating our DSC script into Otter and PSDsc documentation is cheap.

Here is my DSC Script:

     Registry RemoteManagement {
        Key = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WebManagement\Server'
        ValueName = 'EnableRemoteManagement'
        ValueType = 'Dword'
        ValueData = '1'
        DependsOn = @('[WindowsFeature]IIS','[WindowsFeature]Management')
    }

Here is my PSDsc

PSDsc Registry
(
    Otter_ConfigurationKey: isEnableRemoteManagement,
    Key: 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WebManagement\Server',
    ValueName: 'EnableRemoteManagement',
    ValueType: 'Dword',
    ValueData: '1'
);

but it did not work

Please help us :)
Best Regards

Philippe Camelio

Product: Otter
Version: 1.7.3

[Eric Bahmer]

I had a similar issue with a Dword value the error message was something about converting SINT64 to STRING[].

Try

ValueData: "`@([string[]](1))"

This worked for me on 1.7.4, but it shouldn't need special processing in my opinion.

[PhilippeC.]

Thanks a lot Eric
It is working fine also in 1.7.2

I agree that the syntax should not be so tricky

Have nice day

Best regards

[Chris]

It seems the part is causing '1' to be converted to a decimal: https://github.com/Inedo/inedox-windows/blob/88f5924bc1d2397c9edfb135eb9429bbe9fa34e8/Windows/OtterExtension/Operations/PSDscOperation.cs#L241-L243

Of course, because OtterScript is only strings, there's no way to know if it "should" be a string or a decimal. I wonder if the property could be inspected of the dsc resource?

I'll note you can shorten @([string[]](1)) to @('1'),