Microsoft® Windows® Scripting with WMI: Self-Paced Learning Guide

Chapter 6

Using the SWbemLocator

Methods

In Chapter 5, we covered a lot of material. We looked at the ways you can create scripts that

respond to events and examined the different kinds of events, as well as the two main meth-

ods of performing event-driven queries. Along the way, we talked about permanent event con-

sumers and discussed the main tasks involved in using them. In this chapter we look at the

SWbemLocator methods used to connect into Windows Management Instrumentation

(WMI). These methods give you more power and flexibility in scripting than using the simple

WMI moniker does.

Before You Begin

To work through this chapter, you sho ...