HOWTO: Enumerate Windows Management Instrumentation Namespaces |
Q246204
The information in this article applies to:
- Windows Management Instrumentation, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.5
SUMMARY
You cannot enumerate all the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) namespaces on a computer by using a single query in a single namespace.
MORE INFORMATION
In order to enumerate all the namespaces, you must first connect to the "root" namespace, query for all the "__NAMESPACE" instances, and for each instance recursively repeat this process.
The following Microsoft Visual Basic code snippet is a recursive subroutine that enumerates the namespaces under the namespace tree rooted at the namespace specified in the parameter.
Sub PrintNamespaces(namespace As String)
Debug.Print namespace
Set locator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set wmi = locator.ConnectServer(".", namespace)
For Each obj In wmi.InstancesOf("__NAMESPACE")
PrintNamespaces namespace + "\" + obj.Name
Next
End Sub
To enumerate all of the namespaces on the computer, call the subroutine with "root" as the parameter:
PrintNamespaces "root"
Additional query words: wmi wbem namespace enumerate
Keywords : kbsms kbWMI100 _IK
Issue type : kbhowto
Technology : kbWMISearch kbAudDeveloper kbWMI100 kbWMI110 kbWMI150
Last Reviewed: February 20, 2000 |
