PRODUCT="$PRODUCT is part of an unknown CS4 suite" # Report if the product is part of a suite. # of SWID Tag will only indicate that it was part of a suite or standalone. # Some products such as Acrobat Pro may exist but this older version # If "sat:product_title" isn't found in the tag then assume "product".
# Some products use a different version of SWID Tag where "sat:product_title" isn't valid. # Read each found file add its product to the listįor AFILE in /Users/Shared/Adobe/ISO-19770/* # Read each each found file and add its product to a listįor AFILE in /Library/Application Support//* The distinction is important when determining which licenses you're actually using compared to which applications may be installed. Even if you've installed a single application from a suite this EA will still report the suite as being the product installed.
A "product" may be a suite or an individual application. The following extension attribute gathers Adobe CS4 or higher products that are installed on a Mac. This actually turned out to be a good exercise for my own use. With a bit of creative scripting you could probably get more detailed. I'm not a sed guru but with a bit of searching on Google I found an example that would help me parse the product name from the information in the file: sed -n -e 's/.*(.*).*/1/p' /Library/Application Support//_DesignSuiteStandard-CS5-Mac-GM-en_US.swidtagĪnd return: Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design StandardĬreate extension attributes for both CS5 Design Standard and CS5 Design Premium and you'll know the exact products that are installed on your machines. _DesignSuiteStandard-CS5-Mac-GM-en_US.swidtag The file name for Adobe CS5 Design Standard looks like this: They contain information such as a unique number based on your license key (not the key itself), the exact name of the product installed, the version of the product installed, unique creator/developer name and more.Īdobe CS5 and higher products install their SWID Tags in /Library/Application Support/.Īdobe CS4 products install their SWID Tags in /Users/Shared/Adobe/ISO-19770/. These are simple XML files installed at the same time you install a product such as Design Standard, Design Premium, standalone Photoshop, etc. SWID Tags (Software ID Tags) have gotten very little attention but they have the potential to be a huge boon for managing licensing.Īll Adobe CS4 and higher products include SWID Tags.
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