EnumerationOptions.DirectRead Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management

Assembly:

System.Management.dll

Package:

System.Management v9.0.2

Source:

ManagementOptions.cs

Gets or sets a value indicating whether direct access to the WMI provider is requested for the specified class, without any regard to its super class or derived classes.

C#

public bool DirectRead { get; set; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if direct access to the WMI provider is requested for the specified class; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example initializes an EnumerationOptions variable with an EnumerationOptions constructor and then gets all the instances of a WMI class and its subclasses.

C#

using System;
using System.Management;
public class RemoteConnect
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        EnumerationOptions opt = new EnumerationOptions();
        opt.DirectRead = false;
        // Will enumerate instances of the given class
        // and any subclasses.
        opt.EnumerateDeep = true;
        ManagementClass c = new ManagementClass("CIM_Service");
        foreach (ManagementObject o in c.GetInstances(opt))
            Console.WriteLine(o["Name"]);
    }
}

Remarks

Property Value

true if only objects of the specified class should be received, without regard to derivation or inheritance; otherwise, false. The default value is false.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Applies to