GetImageProperties Method in Class SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage

Article
05/03/2011

Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

In Configuration Manager, the GetImageProperties Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class method reads all metadata from the specified .wim source file to an XML string.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and defines the method.

SInt32 GetImageProperties(
      String SourceImagePath,
      String ImageProperty
);

Parameters

SourceImagePath
Data type: String

Qualifiers: [in]

The path to the source file to query for metadata.

ImageProperty
Data type: String

Qualifiers: [out]

The XML string defining the metadata.

Return Values

An SInt32 data type that is 0 to indicate success or non-zero to indicate failure.

For information about handling returned errors, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Remarks

This method accesses the source .wim file metadata by using the ImageProperty property of SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage Server WMI Class.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.