How to Call a Configuration Manager Object Class Method by Using WMI

To call a SMS Provider class method, in Configuration Manager, you use the SWbemServices object ExecMethod method to call methods that are defined by the class.

To call a Configuration Manager object class method

1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see SMS Provider fundamentals.

2. Using the SWbemServices you obtain in step one, call Get to get the class definition.

3. Create the input parameters as a SWbemMethodSet.

4. Using the SWbemServices object instance, call ExecMethod and specify the class name and input parameters.

5. Retrieve the method return value from the ReturnValue property in the returned SWbemObject object.

Example

The following example validates a collection rule query by calling the SMS_CollectionRuleQuery class ValidateQuery class method.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Sub ValidateQueryRule(connection, wqlQuery)

    Dim inParams
    Dim outParams
    Dim collectionRuleClass

    On Error Resume Next

    ' Obtain the class definition object of a SMS_CollectionRuleQuery object.
    Set collectionRuleClass = connection.Get("SMS_CollectionRuleQuery")

    If Err.Number<>0 Then
        Wscript.Echo "Couldn't get collection rule query object"
        Exit Sub
    End If

    ' Set up the in parameter.
    Set inParams = collectionRuleClass.Methods_("ValidateQuery").InParameters.SpawnInstance_
    inParams.WQLQuery = wqlQuery
    If Err.Number<>0 Then
        Wscript.Echo "Couldn't get in parameters object"
        Exit Sub
    End If

    ' Call the method.
    Set outParams = _
        connection.ExecMethod( "SMS_CollectionRuleQuery", "ValidateQuery", inParams)
    If Err.Number<>0 Then
        Wscript.Echo "Couldn't run method"
        Exit Sub
    End If

    If outParams.ReturnValue = True Then
        Wscript.Echo "Valid query"
    Else
        WScript.Echo "Not a valid query"
    End If
  End Sub

This example method has the following parameters:

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See Also

Windows Management Instrumentation Objects overview How to Connect to an SMS Provider in Configuration Manager by Using WMI How to Create a Configuration Manager Object by Using WMI How to Delete a Configuration Manager Object by Using WMI How to Modify a Configuration Manager Object by Using WMI How to Perform an Asynchronous Configuration Manager Query by Using WMI How to Perform a Synchronous Configuration Manager Query by Using WMI How to Read a Configuration Manager Object by Using WMI How to Read Lazy Properties by Using WMI