ManagementClass Class (System.Management)

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ManagementClass Class

Represents a Common Information Model (CIM) management class. A management class is a WMI class such as Win32_LogicalDisk, which can represent a disk drive, and Win32_Process, which represents a process such as Notepad.exe. The members of this class enable you to access WMI data using a specific WMI class path. For more information, see "Win32 Classes" in the Windows Management Instrumentation documentation in the MSDN Library at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library.

Namespace: System.Management
Assembly: System.Management (in System.Management.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class ManagementClass _
    Inherits ManagementObject

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ManagementClass

[SerializableAttribute]
public class ManagementClass : ManagementObject

Visual C++

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class ManagementClass : public ManagementObject

JScript

public class ManagementClass extends ManagementObject

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System..::.MarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModel..::.Component
      System.Management..::.ManagementBaseObject
        System.Management..::.ManagementObject
          System.Management..::.ManagementClass

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

Reference

ManagementClass Members

System.Management Namespace