In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, you read a Configuration Manager object by using the SWbemServices object Get method to return an object instance that is identified by a key value.

Note
to query for multiple objects, use either a synchronous or asynchronous query. For more information, see How to Perform a Synchronous Configuration Manager Query by Using Managed Code

To read a Configuration Manager object

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see How to Connect to an SMS Provider in Configuration Manager by Using WMI.

  2. Using the SWbemServices object that you obtain from step 1, call the Get method and specify the class and key information for the object you want.

Example

The following VBScript code example function displays the name and description for a supplied key package identifier (packageID).

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

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub DisplayPackageName (connection, packageID)

	On Error Resume Next 
	Dim package

	Set package = connection.Get("SMS_Package.PackageID='" & packageID & "'")
	If Err.Number<>0 Then
		Wscript.Echo "Couldn't get package " + packageID
		Exit Sub
	End If

	Wscript.Echo "Package Name: " + package.Name
	Wscript.Echo "Package Description: " + package.Description

End Sub

This example method has the following parameters:

Parameter Type Description

connection

SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

packageID

String

A package identifier. This can be obtained from the SMS_Package class PackageID property.

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