RICOH Address Book

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Good evening everyone,

I am new to PowerShell and am trying to create/use a script to add users to the RICOH Address Book. I am about 90% completed, but am stuck on this one part. The function that I am calling out to is:

function Add-MFPAB
{
param($Hostname,$Authentication="BASIC",$Username="admin",$Password,$SecurePassword,$EntryType="user",$Index,$Name,$LongName,$title,$UserCode,$Destination="true",$Sender="false",$Mail="true",$MailAddress,$FolderPath)
Connect-MFP $Hostname $Authentication $Username $Password $SecurePassword
$url = "http://$Hostname/DH/udirectory"
$add = [xml]@'


 
  
   
   entry
   
   
    
     
      entryType
      
     
     
      name
      
     
     
      longName
      Ÿ
     
     
      tagID
      
     
     
      isDestination
      
     
     
      isSender
      
     
     
      mail:
      
     
     
      mail:address
      
     
     
      remoteFolder:path
      
    
    
   
  
 

'@
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.sessionId = $script:session
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[0].propVal = $EntryType
if($Index -ne $NULL){
$a = $add.CreateElement("item")
$a.set_InnerText("")
$b = $add.CreateElement("propName")
$b.set_InnerText("index")
$o = $a.AppendChild($b)
$c = $add.CreateElement("propVal")
$c.set_InnerText($Index)
$o = $a.AppendChild($c)
$o = $add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.AppendChild($a)
}
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[1].propVal = $Name
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[2].propVal = $LongName
if($UserCode -ne $NULL){
$a = $add.CreateElement("item")
$a.set_InnerText("")
$b = $add.CreateElement("propName")
$b.set_InnerText("auth:name")
$o = $a.AppendChild($b)
$c = $add.CreateElement("propVal")
$c.set_InnerText($UserCode)
$o = $a.AppendChild($c)
$o = $add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.AppendChild($a)
}
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[3].propVal = $title
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[3].propVal = $Destination
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[4].propVal = $Sender
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[5].propVal = $Mail
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[6].propVal = $MailAddress
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[7].propVal = $FolderPath
$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.arrayType = "itt:string[]["+$add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item.count+"]"
[xml]$xml = iwr $url -Method Post -ContentType "text/xml" -Headers @{SOAPAction="http://www.ricoh.co.jp/xmlns/soap/rdh/udirectory#putObjects"} -Body $add
Disconnect-MFP $Hostname
}

And the code that I am using is:

DO{
Import-Module C:\Users\DGentile\Downloads\RICOH-MFP-Test4.psm1
    $RAM5002 = 'IP_ADDRESS'
    $RAM6001 = 'IP_ADDRESS'
    $RAM2551 = 'IP_ADDRESS'
    $RAM6501 = 'IP_ADDRESS'
    $RAM3601 = 'IP_ADDRESS'
    $CYCLE = ('IP_ADDRESS','IP_ADDRESS,'IP_ADDRESS','IP_ADDRESS','IP_ADDRESS')
    $First = read-host "First Name"
    $Last = read-host "Last Name"
    $FI = $First[0]
    $Name = "$First $Last"
    $Path = "FOLDERLOCATION"
    switch -regex ($FI)
        {
          "[A-B]" {$Title = "1"}
          "[C-D]" {$Title = "2"}
          "[E-F]" {$Title = "3"}
          "[G-H]" {$Title = "4"}
          "[I-K]" {$Title = "5"}
          "[L-N]" {$Title = "6"}
          "[O-Q]" {$Title = "7"}
          "[R-T]" {$Title = "8"}
          "[U-W]" {$Title = "9"}
          "[X-Z]" {$Title = "10"}#>
        }
    Write-Host "Path is $Path"
      Add-MFPAB -Hostname $RAM5002 -Username "ENTERUSERNAME" -Password "ENTERPASSWORD" -Name "$Name" -LongName "$First$Last" -TagID "$Title" -Destination "true" -Sender "false" -Mail "true" -MailAddress "$FI$Last@schimenti.com" -FolderPath "$Path"
     
    $Title
    $MoreUsers = Read-Host "Add More Users? (Y/N)"
    $MoreUsers
   } while ($MoreUsers -eq 'Y' -or $MoreUsers -eq 'y' -or $MoreUsers -eq 'yes' -or $MoreUsers -eq 'YES' -or $MoreUsers -eq 'Yes')
   Write-Host "Have a Great Day"

I keep receiving an error that states:

Exception setting “propVal”: “The property ‘propVal’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property
exists and can be set.”
At C:\Users\DGentile\Downloads\RICOH-MFP-Test4.psm1:231 char:1

  • $add.Envelope.Body.putObjects.propListList.item.item[3].propVal = $ti …

I found that if I add “Title = [int](%{$.item} | ?{$.propName -eq “tagId”}).propVal” somewhere in the code, it will resolve that error, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out where. I tried in the function. I tried in my script. In the function, I tried in the declaration, in the

tagID
Title = [int](%{$.item} | ?{$.propName -eq “tagId”}).propVal

tagID
$Title = [int](%{$.item} | ?{$.propName -eq “tagId”}).propVal

tagID
Title = [int](%{$.item} | ?{$.propName -eq “tagId”}).propVal

And among many other variations. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

After I posted, I realized it is not posting correctly. Here is a link to the code:

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Ricoh-Multi-Function-27aeea71/view/Discussions#content

I take no credit for the source of the code.

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Personally, I’ve no familiarity whatsoever with the RICOH product so it’s tough to offer advice. Does the vendor have any kind of forum or resource that you could look at? You’re not doing anything wrong in PowerShell per se; what you’re running into is happening on the vendor’s product, so it’s tough - from a PowerShell perspective - to offer a fix.