From: djberg96@... (Daniel Berger)
Date: 2004-06-04T14:18:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Win32OLE, WMI and ExecMethod

djberg96@hotmail.com (Daniel Berger) wrote in message news:<6e613a32.0406021831.6be37c0b@posting.google.com>...
> Hi all,
> 
> Ruby 1.8.1
> Windows 2000
> 
> I'm playing with WMI to control services via Ruby.  I can list
> services easily enough with InstancesOf(), but how do I call methods
> on a class?
> 
> I tried something like this, but this is clearly illegal.  Can someone
> provide me with the right way to do what I'm trying to do here?
> 
> require "win32ole"
> wmi = WIN32OLE.connect("winmgmts://")
> wmi.ExecMethod("Win32_Service","StartService","ClipSrv") # Illegal
> 
> I've tried various connect strings and done some futzing, but no luck.
>  Please help.  Thanks.
> 
> Dan

Never mind.  It appears that you call the method on an instance within
an each block.  Still, I think some form of ExecMethod ought to work.

Regards,

Dan