ManagementObject.Options Property (System.Management)

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ManagementObject.Options Property

Gets or sets additional information to use when retrieving the object.

Namespace:  System.Management
Assembly:  System.Management (in System.Management.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Property Options As ObjectGetOptions
	Get
	Set
C#
public ObjectGetOptions Options { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property ObjectGetOptions^ Options {
	ObjectGetOptions^ get ();
	void set (ObjectGetOptions^ value);
}
F#
member Options : ObjectGetOptions with get, set

Property Value

Type: System.Management.ObjectGetOptions
An ObjectGetOptions to use when retrieving the object.
Remarks

When the property is changed after the management object has been bound to a WMI object, the management object is disconnected from the original WMI object and later rebound using the new options.

.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.

Examples

The following example initializes a new instance of the ManagementObject class and then change the default options for the ManagementObject.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Management
Public Class Sample

    Public Overloads Shared Function Main( _
    ByVal args() As String) As Integer

        'Contains default options
        Dim o As New ManagementObject( _
            "Win32_Process.Name=""notepad.exe""")

        ' Replace default options, 
        ' in this case requesting retrieval of
        ' amended qualifiers along with the WMI object.
        o.Options = New ObjectGetOptions( _
            Nothing, System.TimeSpan.MaxValue, True)

        Return 0
    End Function
End Class
C#

using System;
using System.Management;
public class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        ///Contains default options
        ManagementObject o = 
            new ManagementObject("Win32_Process.Name='notepad.exe'"); 

        // Replace default options, 
        // in this case requesting retrieval of
        // amended qualifiers along with the WMI object.
        o.Options = new ObjectGetOptions(
            null, System.TimeSpan.MaxValue, true);
    }
}
Version Information

.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
.NET Framework Security
Platforms

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.
See Also

Reference

ManagementObject Class
System.Management Namespace