Imports System
Imports System.Management

' This sample demonstrates invoking
' a WMI method using parameter objects
Class InvokeMethod
    Public Overloads Shared Function _
        Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer

        ' Get the object on which the
        ' method will be invoked
        Dim processClass As _
            New ManagementClass("Win32_Process")

        ' Get an input parameters object for this method
        Dim inParams As ManagementBaseObject = _
            processClass.GetMethodParameters("Create")

        ' Fill in input parameter values
        inParams("CommandLine") = "calc.exe"

        ' Execute the method
        Dim outParams As ManagementBaseObject = _
            processClass.InvokeMethod( _
            "Create", inParams, Nothing)

        ' 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: {0}", _
            outParams("returnValue"))
        Console.WriteLine("Process ID: {0}", _
            outParams("processId"))

        Return 0
    End Function
End Class

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"]);
    }
}