WMI Objects

These are the Inspectors for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

wmi

A <wmi> object provides access to the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) query facility. This object provides access to a large amount of configuration and client-specific data.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
full wmi <string>	Returns a wmi object which can retrieve all values, including system values.	Win
rsop computer wmi	Provides access to the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) WMI classes via the RsopLoggingModeProvider. This is used to examine the state of the GPO (Group Policy object) security policies.	Win
rsop user wmi <security identifier>	Each user has its own RSoP (Resultant Set of Policy) namespace based on the user's Security Identifier (SID). This Inspector returns the namespace specified by the <security identifier>.	Win
wmi	Returns the wmi object corresponding to the "root\cimv2" namespace.	Win
wmi <string>	Returns the wmi object corresponding to the namespace string provided.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
select <string> of <wmi>	<wmi select> Plural: selects	Returns the wmi select whose name matches the string provided.	Win
select object <string> of <wmi>	<wmi object> Plural: select objects	Returns the desired property (specified by <string>) from the given wmi object.	Win

wmi select

The <wmi select> object represents a value returned as a result of a WMI select query. You can find more information at the MSDN Library (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/) under WMI Classes. WMI Inspectors can provide you with useful information about your Client computers. For instance, to get the asset tag from a dell, use: string value of select "SerialNumber from Win32_systemenclosure" of wmi.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
select <string> of <wmi>	Returns the wmi select whose name matches the string provided.	Win
property <string> of <wmi object>	Returns the Inspector properties of the form <string> of <wmi object>. Example: properties "select" of type "wmi" - Returns Inspector properties of the form "select of <wmi>".	Win
property of <wmi object>	Returns the Inspector properties of the specified wmi object.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
<wmi select> as string	<string>	Returns a string formatted as <name>=<value> for the wmi select.	Win
boolean value <integer> of <wmi select>	<boolean> Plural: boolean values	Returns the WMI value cast to boolean.	Win
boolean value of <wmi select>	<boolean> Plural: boolean values	Returns the boolean value of a <wmi select> object (exists only for boolean objects).	Win
integer value <integer> of <wmi select>	<integer> Plural: integer values	Returns the WMI value cast to an integer.	Win
integer value of <wmi select>	<integer> Plural: integer values	Returns the integer value of a <wmi select> object whose value is of type integer.	Win
name of <wmi select>	<string> Plural: names	Returns the name of the wmi select.	Win
string value <integer> of <wmi select>	<string> Plural: string values	Returns the numbered string of a WMI array value.	Win
string value of <wmi select>	<string> Plural: string values	Returns the string value of the wmi select.	Win
time value <integer> of <wmi select>	<time> Plural: time values	Returns the numbered time of a WMI array value.	Win
time value of <wmi select>	<time> Plural: time values	Returns the time value of the wmi select whose value is of type time.	Win
type of <wmi select>	<integer> Plural: types	Returns the type of data stored in the wmi select value. Possible values are: 8 (VT_BSTR)11 (VT_BOOL)22 (VT_INT)(See MSDN documentation for the meaning of additional values).	Win

wmi object

The <wmi object> Inspectors allow you to analyze the properties of WMI objects.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
select object <string> of <wmi>	Returns the desired property (specified by <string>) from the given wmi object. Example: Property "SerialNumber" of select object "* from win32_operatingsystem" of wmi - Returns serial number of the selected wmi object, in a form like SerialNumber=76487-OEM-0012903-00925.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
<wmi object> as string	<string>	Casts the given wmi object as a string type.	Win
property <string> of <wmi object>	<wmi select> Plural: properties	Returns the Inspector properties of the form <string> of <wmi object>.	Win
property of <wmi object>	<wmi select> Plural: properties	Returns the Inspector properties of the specified wmi object.	Win

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