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InvokeMethodOptions Class

Specifies options for invoking a management method.

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

'Declaration
Public Class InvokeMethodOptions _
	Inherits ManagementOptions
'Usage
Dim instance As InvokeMethodOptions

The following example invokes the Win32_Process::Create method to start a new process of Calc.exe. The InvokeMethodOptions class is used to invoke the method.

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("root\CIMV2", _
            "Win32_Process", _
            Nothing)

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

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

        ' Method Options 
        Dim methodOptions As New InvokeMethodOptions( _
            Nothing, System.TimeSpan.MaxValue)

        ' Execute the method 
        Dim outParams As ManagementBaseObject = _
            processClass.InvokeMethod( _
            "Create", inParams, methodOptions)

        ' 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

System.Object
  System.Management.ManagementOptions
    System.Management.InvokeMethodOptions

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

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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