GetProviderVersion Method in Class SMS_Identification
Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
In Configuration Manager, the GetProviderVersion Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class method gets the product version string from the version resources of the SMS Provider DLL.
The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and is intended to show the definition of the method.
SInt32 GetProviderVersion(
String VersionString
);
Parameters
VersionString
Data type: StringQualifiers: [out]
Product version string from the version resources of the Smsprov.dll file.
Return Values
An SInt32 data type that is 0 to indicate success or non-zero to indicate failure.
For information about handling returned errors, see About Configuration Manager Errors.
Remarks
The version that is obtained by this method allows your application to determine whether the SMS Provider has had a hotfix applied.
Example Code
The following example shows how to call this method to get the version number of the SMS Provider.
Dim Identification As SWbemObject
Dim ProviderVersion As String
Set Identification = GetObject("winmgmts:\root\sms\site_<sitecode>:SMS_Identification")
Identification.GetProviderVersion ProviderVersion
MsgBox "Version = " & ProviderVersion
Requirements
Runtime Requirements
For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.
Development Requirements
For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.