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ManagementObject.GetRelated Method

Gets a collection of objects related to the object (associators).

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

'Declaration
Public Function GetRelated As ManagementObjectCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As ManagementObject 
Dim returnValue As ManagementObjectCollection 

returnValue = instance.GetRelated()

Return Value

Type: System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection
A ManagementObjectCollection containing the related objects.

The operation is equivalent to an ASSOCIATORS OF query where ResultClass = relatedClass.

.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 calls the GetRelated method to get a collection of objects related to an instance of the ManagementObject class.

Imports System
Imports System.Management


Class Sample_ManagementClass

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


        Dim o As New ManagementObject( _
        "Win32_Service=""Alerter""")

        Dim b As ManagementObject
        For Each b In o.GetRelated()
            Console.WriteLine( _
            "Object related to Alerter service : {0}", _
            b.ClassPath)
        Next b

        Return 0
    End Function 

End Class

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.

.NET Framework

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