WMI_GetData

Description

General function to return all possible info about a WMI class name for a given computer.

Syntax

sBuffer = WMI_GetData(sComputername, sNameSpace, sUserName, sPassword, sClassName [, sWhere [, sFields]])

Returns

String

sBuffer is a sequence of $CRLF separated strings containing info name and value.

To be able to parse returned information, see below example.

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Meaning
sKey	String	No	Computer name
sNameSpace	String	No	name of the namespace that provides support for the needed class
sUserName	String	No	in case of remote login. Better to specify it in the form "domain\user"
sPassword	String	No	if sUserName is specified, enter here user password
sClassName	String	No	Class name. See WMI class names list for the list of available classes
sWhere	String	Yes	WHERE clause. This field is used to Indicate some selection restrictions. Example: "DeviceID = 'C:'"
sFields	String	Yes	String containing the names of the information to be returned. More info names can be indicated separated by a comma (,). Example: "Name, Size"

Remarks

Not all classes can be available.

Restrictions

See also

Examples

USES "WMI"

USES "OS"

USES "CONSOLE"

Dim vData() As String

Dim nItems As Long

Dim Counter As Long

Dim ComputerName As String VALUE OS_GetComputerName

Dim sBuffer As String

'---Ask data to WMI system

sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, "CIM_LogicalDisk", "DeviceID = 'C:'" )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, "Win32_StartupCommand", "", "Command" )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, "CIM_LogicalDisk", "DeviceID = 'C:'", "Name, Size" )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'CIM_Battery' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'CIM_LogicalDisk' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'CIM_NetworkAdapter' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'Win32_StartupCommand' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'Win32_Processor' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'CIM_DiskDrive' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'Win32_BIOS' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'Win32_CodecFile' )

'sBuffer = WMI_GetData(ComputerName, 'CIM_LogicalDisk' )

'---Parse returned data into single lines

nItems = PARSE( sBuffer, vData(), $crlf)

'---Print lines

For Counter = 1 To nItems

console_writeline vData(Counter)

'---Finished

console_writeline "-----------------------------------------------------"

console_writeline "Number of lines: " & nItems

console_writeline "---------------------------Press a key to finish-----"

console_waitkey