How to Get the Properties of a Collection

To get the properties of a collection

1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

2. Get the specific collection instance by using the collection ID provided.

3. Get the collection properties.

Example

The following example method gets the properties of a collection.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Sub ReadCollectionProperties(connection, collectionID)    Dim collection    Dim statusText    Set collection = connection.Get("SMS_Collection.CollectionID='" & collectionID & "'")    WScript.Echo "Processing Collection - " & CStr(collection.CollectionID)    WScript.Echo "-- Name: " & collection.Name    WScript.Echo "-- Comment: " & collection.Comment    WScript.Echo "-- Members: " & CStr(collection.MemberCount)    statusText = "None"    Select Case collection.CurrentStatus    Case 1        statusText = "Ready"    Case 2        statusText = "Refreshing"    Case 5        statusText = "Awaiting Refresh"    End Select        WScript.Echo "-- Status: " & statusTextEnd Sub  

public void ReadCollectionProperties(WqlConnectionManager connection, string collectionID){    IResultObject collection = connection.GetInstance(string.Format("SMS_Collection.CollectionID='{0}'", collectionID));    string statusText = "None";    Console.WriteLine("Processing Collection - " + collectionID);    Console.WriteLine("-- Name: " + collection["Name"].StringValue);    Console.WriteLine("-- Comment: " + collection["Comment"].StringValue);    Console.WriteLine("-- Members: " + collection["MemberCount"].IntegerValue.ToString());    switch (collection["CurrentStatus"].IntegerValue)    {        case 1:            statusText = "Ready";            break;        case 2:            statusText = "Refreshing";            break;        case 5:            statusText = "Awaiting Refresh";            break;        default:            break;    }    Console.WriteLine("-- Status: " + statusText);}  

The example method has the following parameters:

Compiling the Code

The C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

mscorlib

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

See Also

SMS_Collection Server WMI Class