Hi out there,

I use WMI a lot in various scripts, but don't have a good handle on the overall structure.  Is there a graphical or outline-style reference to be able to find settings, classes, methods, etc that one has never worked with before?  Up to this point I look in the Hey Scripting Guy! chm, the portable script center chm, or the Internet to find a ready made script.  Along with that I consult the Windows SDK chm file if I have any slight clue to work with.  I also use the WMI Tools that show the actual structure, but of course it's not the place to learn. 

A good example of what I'm talking about is permanent event consumers.  I found some references to this and it fit the bill for a script to close IE whenever it was started (I work in K-12 education).  I constructed a script to setup the consumer and it works great.  I also wrote a script to remove it.  In spite of this, I really don't know what half of the code in the MOF was for, or what else I could do with this.  I just made it work by putting the pieces in the right places.

 Thanks,

Mike

Hi bltartt,

There are two Microsoft tools that I've found to be helpful: The WMI CIM Studio and the WMI Object Browser. You can get them from the WMI Administrative Tools package. Wbemtest.exe, which comes with XP, can also be useful. For learning purposes, I recommend Lavy and Meggitt's book on WMI.

HTH,

Bill