Can I get hardware and software that computers on network have? 1

[rresendez]

Is there any way that I can program Visual FoxPro to gather all hardware and software from each computer on a network for inventory purposes? I would want to put the infor into a database file and then use the database for a check in and check out of the inventory.

Thanks,
Ramon

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Ramon

1. Yes, WMI (Windows Management instrumentation) would help you do that, but there isn't anything written to "do it all" for you, you would have to build it yourself.
2. You would also need to install WMI on your server.
3.And WMI needs to run locally mostly, in otherwords it would give you the information it is running on currently.
For example here is a snippet that retrieves the prceesor type of a computer.

lcComputer = "."
Clear
loWMIService = Getobject("winmgmts:\\" + lcComputer + "\root\cimv2")
loProcessor = loWMIService.Get("win32_Processor='CPU0'")
Do Case
Case loProcessor.Architecture = 0
	?"This is an x86 computer."
Case  loProcessor.Architecture = 1
	?"This is a MIPS computer."
Case  loProcessor.Architecture = 2
	?"This is an Alpha computer."
Case loProcessor.Architecture = 3
	?"This is a PowerPC computer."
Case loProcessor.Architecture = 6
	?"This is an ia64 computer."
Otherwise
	? "The computer type could not be determined."
Endcase

Mike Gagnon

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[rresendez]

Thanks Mike Gagnon,

You are always so helpful. I will look more into WMI. A star for your help.

Thanks again,
Ramon

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Thank you for the star.
This link might help you:
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)


Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.