Summary

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

Assembly

NAnt.Contrib.dll

Namespace

NAnt.Contrib.Tasks

Base Types

ExternalProgramBase

graph BT Type-->Base0["ExternalProgramBase"] Type["MgmtClassGenTask"] class Type type-node

Syntax

[TaskName("mgmtclassgen")]
public class MgmtClassGenTask : ExternalProgramBase

Examples

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

Remarks

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.

Attributes

Type	Description
TaskName

Properties

Name	Value	Summary
Language	string	Specifies the language in which to generate the class. Possible values are: CS, VB, JS
Machine	string	Specifies the machine to connect to.
Namespace	string	Namespace of the generated .NET class
OutFile	string	Path of the file to generate
Password	string	Password to use when connecting to the specified machine
Path	string	Specifies the path to the WMI namespace that contains the class.
ProgramArguments	string	Arguments of program to execute
ProgramFileName	string	Filename of program to execute
Username	string	User name to use when connecting to the specified machine
WmiClass	string	Specifies the name of the WMI class to generate the strongly typed class

Methods

Name	Value	Summary
ExecuteTask()	void	This is where the work is done
Initialize()	void	Initializes task and ensures the supplied attributes are valid.