WMI & VB.Net

[Bob Hollness]

Hi all. I am using WMI to read some printing information. It runs soooo
sssslllooooowwww for me though when retrieving information. My computer is
pretty quick so I don't think it is the PC. Is this normal?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hi all. I am using WMI to read some printing information. It runs soooo
sssslllooooowwww for me though when retrieving information. My computer
is pretty quick so I don't think it is the PC. Is this normal?

Yes. WMI is primarily intended for administation/maintainance purposes.

 

[Bob Hollness]

Yes. WMI is primarily intended for administation/maintainance purposes.

Is there anything I can do to improve performance at all?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Is there anything I can do to improve performance at all?

Some parts of WMI can be replaced with p/invoke calls. What information
exactly do you want to get using WMI?

 

[Bob Hollness]

Some parts of WMI can be replaced with p/invoke calls. What information
exactly do you want to get using WMI?

A while ago I posted about manipulating a printer. I wanted to know if a
class or API existed. I was pointed in the direction of something that
partly helped but it was not enough. I managed to do it using WMI but it
justs runs so slow.