How to get the WMI instance defination

[Stross S. Dist]

I am using the WMI code from Microsoft as http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/security/dacls/sedcvb01.mspx

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:")
Set objFileSecuritySettings = _
objWMIService.Get("Win32_LogicalFileSecuritySetting='" & strFileName & "'")
intRetVal = objFileSecuritySettings.GetSecurityDescriptor(objSD)

I understand that objWMIService refers to WbemScripting.SWbemServices, but how is objFileSecuritySettings? Also, how about objSD,objACE and arrACEs?

I hope to know there type and define them in VB/VB.NET. Thank you for any assistance.

-Stross

 

[Marty List]

You can use WbemScripting.SWbemObject and WbemScripting.SWbemObjectSet, but
I think for some objects you will just have to use the generic "Object" or
"Variant" VB types. Here's a partial list, there's probably more than this
though:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/document_conventions_for_the_scripting_api.asp