[python-win32] Trying to get the Win32_PortableBattery and Win32_SystemEnclosure classes to work

2010-03-07 Thread python
I'm trying to get the Win32_PortableBattery and Win32_SystemEnclosure classes to work. Oddly enough, both classes return empty results on my laptop. I'm wondering if I'm using the WMI interface correctly or if I need to be more explict in the arguments I pass to each class's __init__? Here are my

Re: [python-win32] Detect whether a workstation is a laptop or desktop/server?

2010-03-07 Thread python
Preston, Tony, and Steven, I found the following WMI class which sounds like it might be useful. Determine whether a computer is a tower, a mini-tower, a laptop, and so on by using the Win32_SystemEnclosure class and checking the value of the ChassisType property. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us