[RESOLVED] Starting program on remote pc

[ulv81]

Hello.

Please help me with this code.
I don't understand how I can get this to work!!!

        Dim co As ConnectionOptions = New ConnectionOptions()
        co.Username = "username"
        co.Password = "password"
        Dim mp As ManagementPath = New ManagementPath("\\targetMachine\root\cimv2:Win32_process")
        Dim mc As ManagementClass = New ManagementClass(mp, co)
        mc.InvokeMethod("Create", New Object() {"calc.exe"})

[Negative0]

What don't you understand? It seems like a pretty simple example to me.

[ulv81]

Well... It doesn't work!!!

ManagementClass overload don't support ConnectionOptions...

So... How am I supposed to do this???

[Negative0]

The error message is telling you the problem. No constructor for the ManagementClass takes a connectionOptions object. Where did you get this code from?

[ulv81]

A friend of my wrote a similar code in C#, and I tried to convert it to VB.
This is what I got from it...

But if you see what i'm trying to do with the code here, could you maybe point me in the right direction?!

[Negative0]

Do you have the C# code that works?

[ulv81]

I'm not sure if it even works, but this is what my friend gave me:

ConnectionOptions co = new ConnectionOptions("username and password here");
ManagementPath mp = new ManagementPath(@"\\targetMachine\root\cimv2:Win32_process");
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(mp, co);

I tried to search google and msdn but I can't find anything about this...

This is what I want:
I have a server called myserver and a computer called mypc (example!).
On myserver (local), I have created a batch file in system root that deletes some log files.
Normaly I would log on to myserver (RDP) to execute this batchfile...
I'm trying to create a program I can run locally on mypc which executes the batchfile locally on myserver...
I Hope you understand what I'm trying to do here... My English isn't very good.

[Negative0]

I think you want something more like this (Code which I generated from the WMICodeCreator):

                Dim connection As New ConnectionOptions
                connection.Username = userNameBox.Text
                connection.Password = passwordBox.Text
                connection.Authority = "ntlmdomain:DOMAIN"

                Dim scope As New ManagementScope( _
                    "\\FullComputerName\root\CIMV2", connection)
                scope.Connect()

                Dim classInstance As New ManagementClass( _
                    scope, _
                    New ManagementPath("Win32_Process"), Nothing)

[ulv81]

Yes, I think we're on to something here!
I just don't understand where to put the path to my batchfile...

[Negative0]

Does the Calc.exe work?

[ulv81]

No.... I think it's because I type the code wrong or something!

("Win32_Process.create("calc.exe")")

Could you maybe give me an example whit calc.exe ot notepad.exe?!

[ulv81]

Anyone?!

[Negative0]

Download the WMI Code creator that I linked in post 8. You should be able to use that to get the code that works.

[ulv81]

I found this link, and it works

http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofiel...als_2E00_.aspx

The code is also very similar to the one provided by the WMI Code Creator.

Thanks for all the help, and I really hope this thread will help other people with the same problem.