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ManagementObject.InvokeMethod Method (String, ManagementBaseObject, InvokeMethodOptions)

Invokes a method on the WMI object. The input and output parameters are represented as ManagementBaseObject objects.

Namespace:  System.Management
Assembly:  System.Management (in System.Management.dll)
public ManagementBaseObject InvokeMethod(
	string methodName,
	ManagementBaseObject inParameters,
	InvokeMethodOptions options
)

Parameters

methodName
Type: System.String
The name of the method to execute.
inParameters
Type: System.Management.ManagementBaseObject
A ManagementBaseObject holding the input parameters to the method.
options
Type: System.Management.InvokeMethodOptions
An InvokeMethodOptions containing additional options for the execution of the method.

Return Value

Type: System.Management.ManagementBaseObject
A ManagementBaseObject containing the output parameters and return value of the executed method.

.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 Calc.exe.


using System;
using System.Management;

// This sample demonstrates invoking 
// a WMI method using parameter objects
public class InvokeMethod 
{    
    public static void Main() 
    {

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

        // Get an input parameters object for this method
        ManagementBaseObject inParams =
            processClass.GetMethodParameters("Create");

        // Fill in input parameter values
        inParams["CommandLine"] = "calc.exe";

        // Execute the method
        ManagementBaseObject outParams =
            processClass.InvokeMethod ("Create",
            inParams, null);

        // Display results
        // Note: The return code of the method is
        // provided in the "returnValue" property
        // of the outParams object
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Creation of calculator process returned: "
            + outParams["returnValue"]);
        Console.WriteLine("Process ID: " 
            + outParams["processId"]);
    }
}


.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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