// Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. // WMI (Windows Management and Instrumentation) is a big, complex, COM-based // API that can be used to perform all sorts of things. Sometimes is the best // way to accomplish something under windows but its lack of an approachable // C++ interface prevents its use. This collection of fucntions is a step in // that direction. // There are two classes; WMIUtil and WMIProcessUtil. The first // one contain generic helpers and the second one contains the only // functionality that is needed right now which is to use WMI to launch a // process. // To use any function on this header you must call CoInitialize or // CoInitializeEx beforehand. // // For more information about WMI programming: // http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384642(VS.85).aspx #ifndef BASE_WMI_UTIL_H__ #define BASE_WMI_UTIL_H__ #include <string> #include <wbemidl.h> class WMIUtil { public: // Creates an instance of the WMI service connected to the local computer and // returns its COM interface. If 'set-blanket' is set to true, the basic COM // security blanket is applied to the returned interface. This is almost // always desirable unless you set the parameter to false and apply a custom // COM security blanket. // Returns true if succeeded and 'wmi_services': the pointer to the service. // When done with the interface you must call Release(); static bool CreateLocalConnection(bool set_blanket, IWbemServices** wmi_services); // Creates a WMI method using from a WMI class named 'class_name' that // contains a method named 'method_name'. Only WMI classes that are CIM // classes can be created using this function. // Returns true if succeeded and 'class_instance' returns a pointer to the // WMI method that you can fill with parameter values using SetParameter. // When done with the interface you must call Release(); static bool CreateClassMethodObject(IWbemServices* wmi_services, const std::wstring& class_name, const std::wstring& method_name, IWbemClassObject** class_instance); // Fills a single parameter given an instanced 'class_method'. Returns true // if operation succeeded. When all the parameters are set the method can // be executed using IWbemServices::ExecMethod(). static bool SetParameter(IWbemClassObject* class_method, const std::wstring& parameter_name, VARIANT* parameter); }; // This class contains functionality of the WMI class 'Win32_Process' // more info: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394372(VS.85).aspx class WMIProcessUtil { public: // Creates a new process from 'command_line'. The advantage over CreateProcess // is that it allows you to always break out from a Job object that the caller // is attached to even if the Job object flags prevent that. // Returns true and the process id in process_id if the process is launched // successful. False otherwise. // Note that a fully qualified path must be specified in most cases unless // the program is not in the search path of winmgmt.exe. // Processes created this way are children of wmiprvse.exe and run with the // caller credentials. static bool Launch(const std::wstring& command_line, int* process_id); }; #endif // BASE_WMI_UTIL_H__