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01.19.06
Microsoft Uploads WMI Code Tool
 By
David A. Utter
The Windows Management Instrumentation Code Creator tool lets system administrators
automate the repetitive tasks that drain away valuable time from useful work they
could otherwise perform.
Microsoft TechNet recently unveiled its WMI tool online. Chris Scoville, a programming
writer in the Windows Server Developer Documentation group at Microsoft, developed
the utility, which is featured in the January/February '06 issue of TechNet Magazine.
Admins can generate code in their choice of VBScript, C#, or Visual Basic .NET.
Scoville described how the utility might find favor with those admins:
To take full advantage of WMI you have to write queries to extract the information
you need. And if you don't have the ready-made queries already floating around
in your head, you just might want to take the WMI Code Creator for a spin.
Within the WMI tool, admins can query for data from a WMI class, execute a method,
or receive an event based on the query conditions they set. Another tab in the
tool lets the admin browse the namespaces on that computer. Scoville also made
it useful for an admin who doesn't remember every single WMI class available:
If you aren't familiar with all of the WMI classes and their
uses, the WMI Code Creator lets you browse through the available WMI classes on
your computer, and displays descriptions of these classes, their properties, and
methods. The WMI Code Creator also lets you quickly access the documentation for
a WMI class by linking you to the specific class page in the MSDN WMI documentation
online.
Once the code has been generated, admins may execute it within the tool. For those
who want to delve deeper into the WMI's inner workings, Scoville noted the source
code for the tool arrives as part of the download; he wrote how this can benefit
those who wish to learn more about the "System.Management classes in the Microsoft
.NET Framework to access WMI."
About
the Author:
David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.
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