Thanks, Bill. See comments below.
> -----Original Message----- > From: $Bill Luebkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01/02/2006 20:59 > To: Craig A Dayton > Cc: Perl-Win32-Admin@listserv.ActiveState.com > Subject: Re: Win32::OLE and WMI Invalid Syntax > > Craig A Dayton wrote: > > > Might there be an existing bug in Win32::OLE when > attempting to create > > an WMI Service object? I'm running perl build 815 [211909] > on WinXP > > Pro w/SP2 and the latest patches. > > > > The script will always fail on the first line regardless of the > > moniker specified. Its running with administrator privileges. > > > > my $WMIServices = Win32::OLE->GetObject("WinMgmts:") || die; my > > $DriveCollection = $WMIServices->InstancesOf( "Win32_DiskDrive" ); > > This gets no error for me (B811): > > use Win32::OLE; > my $WMIServices = Win32::OLE->GetObject("WinMgmts:") || die; > > > The error message returned is: > > > > Win32::OLE(0.1703) error 0x800401e4: "Invalid syntax" > > after character 0 in "WinMgmts:" at C:\Projects\WMI\WDiskDrives.pl > > line 99 > > > > Searching the email archives, I see a number of people experienced > > this problem a few years back, but I didn't see any > resolutions posted. > > > > I'm able to access WMI using other tools such as WMI Object Brower, > > CIM Studio, and wmic on the Win XP machine. So, I think WMI is > > configured correctly. > > > > Has anyone else solved this problem? > > What build are you on ? Its Win32::OLE is version 0.1703. Tried the statements below and the same error message is generated. Something weird is going on. :( -Craig > > Try just these 2 lines in a script and see if it changes : > > use Win32::OLE; > my $WMI = Win32::OLE->GetObject("WinMgmts://./root/cimv2") or > die "GetObject: " . Win32::OLE->LastError(); > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list Perl-Win32-Admin@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
