SIMS Photo Exporter
A utility to export pupils or staff photos from SIMS into a folder, either the entire cohort or a subset. You can then use them to export into other systems, such as Active Directory. There’s a number of options to control where the photos are saved and the names of the files.
Utility Information
Highlights
Quickly export Staff photos from Sims
Quickly export Pupil photos from Sims
Filter by cohort / year
Filter by surname
Utility detail
The SIMS Photo Exporter is a free utility to export pupils or staff photos from SIMS into a folder, either the entire cohort or a subset.
You can then use them to export into other systems, such as Active Directory.
The utility has a number of options to control where the photos are saved and the names of the files.
For copyright purposes you must ensure that you have the permission of the photographer before exporting any images with this utility.
Instructions
These instructions are also available in the README.txt file in the download, or by running: PhotoExport.exe /?
For copyright purposes you must ensure that you have the permission of the photographer before exporting any images with this utility. By using this utility you take full responsibility for any copyright or data protection issues. SalamanderSoft does not provide any guarantees, warranty or support with this utility. Use of the utility is entirely at your own risk.
The utility must be ran from a command line and supports the following parameters:
PhotoExport.exe username password outputFolder [/staff] [/year:x] [/nameAsId] [/format:xxx] [/names:filename] [/thumbnail] [/filter:xxx]
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| username | The sims username to log in as |
| password | The password to use |
| outputFolder | The folder to save the images in |
| /staff | An optional parameter which if present and is staff will output the staff photos |
| /year:x | An optional parameter which if present will limit the extract to the specified year. Replace x with the year required. |
| /nameAsId | An optional parameter which if present will name the files as the internal Sims database ID rather than admission number and staff code. |
| /format:xxx | An optional parameter which if present will convert the images to the appropriate format. |
| /names:filename | An optional parameter which if present will save the images as specified names. The filename is the full or relative path to a csv file which has 2 columns, the 1st one being the admission number of a student or the staff code of a staff member, and the second the name to save the image as. |
| /filter:surname | An optional parameter which if present will filter staff based on their surname. You can either type the start of the surname or a T-SQL filter e.g. /filter:j will only export photos for staff whose surname begins with j e.g. /filter:j%s will only export photos for staff whose surname begins with j and also has an s in it |
| /generateConfig | Generate a new PhotoExport.exe.config file for use with the version of Sims on the machine. This is automatically generated on the first run |
To Use:
- The utility must be run on a machine where Sims.net workstation or server is installed and working.
- If Sims is updated, you must run /generateConfig to create a new configuration file.
- Copy a connect.ini into the folder.
- Run PhotoExport from the command line with a minimum 3 arguments, Sims username, Sims password and output folder.
- If you wish to export staff photos add another argument staff e.g. PhotoExport.exe blacka abcd myFolder staff
- PhotoExport will then export the photos into the folder.
Note: If you pass in an invalid year the output will contain a set of valid years.
If you have any problems please email photoexport@salamandersoft.co.uk