Hi Matt,
Based on what you've presented below, and not a small portion of sheer
instinct, I'd recommend the first option (Persistent COM Objects). It seems
cleaner to me (as much as I understand it), and IMHO, the Cons of the first are
less significant than the Cons of the second. There's not
So just when I thought the WMI code was complete Jeff asked me a question
which forced me to seriously consider whether it was releasable in its
current state. The short version is that I think it's useful in its current
state but I'm not positive I'd release it and here's why:
I presently use the