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ManagementObject.InvokeMethod Method (String, Object[])

Invokes a method on the object.

Namespace:  System.Management
Assembly:  System.Management (in System.Management.dll)
public Object InvokeMethod(
	string methodName,
	Object[] args
)

Parameters

methodName
Type: System.String
The name of the method to execute.
args
Type: System.Object[]
An array containing parameter values.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
The object value returned by the method.

If the method is static, the execution should still succeed.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

The following example invokes the Win32_Process::Create method to start a new process of Notepad.exe.


using System;
using System.Management;

// This sample demonstrates invoking
// a WMI method using an array of arguments.
public class InvokeMethod 
{    
    public static void Main() 
    {

        // Get the object on which the
        // method will be invoked
        ManagementClass processClass = 
            new ManagementClass("Win32_Process");

        // Create an array containing all
        // arguments for the method
        object[] methodArgs = 
            {"notepad.exe", null, null, 0};

        //Execute the method
        object result = 
            processClass.InvokeMethod(
            "Create", methodArgs);

        //Display results
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Creation of process returned: " + result);
        Console.WriteLine("Process id: " + methodArgs[3]);
    }

}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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