BTW, why all the description and comments stuff when all you need is to query
with WMI?
Woudn't it be much simpler to store your WMI class names in CSV file and
avoid the parsing?
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Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com
Hebrew weblog:
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic Quote:
> On 9 Jan., 13:17, Shay Levi <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>> It works fine on v1 & v2
>>
>> $strWMIClassName = "win32_process"
>> get-wmiobject -class $strWMIClassName
>> You didn't include the $strWMIClassName assignment in your post,
>> check that it's not $null
>>
>> -----
>> Shay Levi
>> $cript Fanatichttp://scriptolog.blogspot.com
>> Hebrew weblog:http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic Quote:
>>> Hello I have the following problem while creating a script which
>>> contains the following line:
>>>
> Yes I haven't post it, because i didnt wan to post the whole script
> ;-)
>
> I have verified that the var is not null. it contains as example the
> value Win32_Fan...
>
> here my whole script...
>
> ###
> # Script options
> #
> $boolDebug = $true
> #
> $strConfigFile = ".\WMIList.config"
> #
> $strCommentSign = "#"
> #
> $strDelimSign = ";"
> # End script options
> ###
> $intConfigCounter = 0
>
> # Clear the screen
> cls
> # Read the configuration and exclude the comments
> $strConfig = cat $strConfigFile | where
> {$_.StartsWith($strCommentSign) -eq $false -and $_.Length -gt 0}
> # Iterate all config lines (entries)
> while ($intConfigCounter -lt $strConfig.Length) {
> # Get the description of the current WMI Class out of the
> config
> # For this need all signs after the delim sign are stored
> $strWMIClassDescription =
> $strConfig[$intConfigCounter].Substring($strConfig[$intConfigCounter].
> IndexOf($strDelimSign)
> +1)
>
> # DEBUG
> echo $strWMIClassDescription
> # Get the name of the current WMI Class out of the config
> # For this need remove the description, caused by this just
> the name will return
> $strWMIClassName =
> $strConfig[$intConfigCounter].Remove($strConfig[$intConfigCounter].Ind
> exOf($strDelimSign)
> +1, $strWMIClassDescription.Length)
>
> # DEBUG
> echo $strWMIClassName
> get-wmiobject -class $strWMIClassName
> # Raise counter
> $intConfigCounter = $intConfigCounter + 1
> } # end while iterate all config entries
>
> The script access a config file which contains as example:
>
> # Comment
> Win32_Fan;Blubb
> Win32_Share;Blubber Quote:
Quote:
>>> Script line:
>>> get-wmiobject -class $strWMIClassName
>>> Error description:
>>> At xxx 1:74 char:15
>>> + get-wmiobject <<<< -class $strWMIClassName
>>> As you can see the var is not substituted. I have tried all the ways
>>> I
>>> do know from unix shells and so on how to substitute line $($var), `
>>> $var`, ${var}....
>>> Has anyone of you an idea how to solve this problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>