Request for Discription of ProgramFlags Bits - SMS 2003



Microsoft published some of the ProgramFlags bits for the SMS_Program
WMI object in the SMS 2003 SDK v2. I've customized the create Packages
/ Program script to read from a text file or prompt for the required
parameters to make this script a little more user friendly and
reusable. In our SMS 2003 Lab, I exported the list of Packages and
Programs from our production SMS 2003 SQL database into a text file.
The script was able to create over 800 Packages, some with dependent
programs, in less than 60 seconds. (Impressive to say the least!)

However I've noticed some of the bits for the program flag were left
undocumented - bits 0-5, 8-11, 30 and 31 in the SDK.

One can look at the SMS_Program object under the root\SMS\sms_xxx to
see the ProgramFlag - I use the CIM Studio from the WMI SDK (WMITools)
to do this. (Cool Tool)

Has any one come accross the description for these undocumented bits?
(A conversion of the decimal number to Binary reveals that some of
these undocument bits are in fact used.
Dec = 2282808320
Bin = 10001000000100001110010000000000

Thanks

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