<mgmtclassgen>

A task that generates strongly typed WMI classes using mgmtclassgen.exe.

The Management Strongly Typed Class Generator enables you to quickly generate an early-bound managed class for a specified Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class. The generated class simplifies the code you must write to access an instance of the WMI class.

Parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
wmiclass	string	Specifies the name of the WMI class to generate the strongly typed class	True
language	string	Specifies the language in which to generate the class. Possible values are: CS, VB, JS	False
machine	string	Specifies the machine to connect to.	False
namespace	string	Namespace of the generated .NET class	False
out	string	Path of the file to generate	False
password	string	Password to use when connecting to the specified machine	False
path	string	Specifies the path to the WMI namespace that contains the class.	False
username	string	User name to use when connecting to the specified machine	False
failonerror	bool		False
if	bool		False
timeout	int		False
unless	bool		False
verbose	bool		False

Framework-configurable parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
exename	string		False
useruntimeengine	bool		False

Nested Elements:

<arg>

</arg>

Examples

              <mgmtclassgen 
                    wmiclass="Win32_LogicalDisk" 
                    language="CS"
                    machine="SomeMachine"
                    path="Root\cimv2"
                    namespace="Winterdom.WMI"
                    out="${outputdir}\LogicalDisk.cs"
                    username="Administrator"
                    password="password"
              />