WMI Code example using Python

The following is an example of using Python with WMI:

More example code can be found at:

http://www.planetmps.com/

import(win32com.client)
import string


def(GetValue(N, obj))
  pos = 0
  pos1 = 0
  N = N + " = "
  Name = Str(N)
  s = Str(obj.GetObjectText_())
  pos = s.find(Name)
  if pos > 0:
     pos = pos + len(Name)
     pos1 = len(s)
     s = s[pos : pos1]
     pos = s.find(";")
     s = s[0 : pos] 
     s = s.replace("{", "")
     s = s.replace("}", "")
     s = s.replace('"', "")
     return (s)
   else:
     return ("")


def(WMIDateStringToDate(dtmDate))
    strDateTime = ""
    if (dtmDate[4] == 0):
        strDateTime = dtmDate[5] + '/'
    else:
        strDateTime = dtmDate[4] + dtmDate[5] + '/'

    if (dtmDate[6] == 0):
        strDateTime = strDateTime + dtmDate[7] + '/'
    else:
        strDateTime = strDateTime + dtmDate[6] + dtmDate[7] + '/'
        strDateTime = strDateTime + dtmDate[0] + dtmDate[1] + dtmDate[2] + dtmDate[3] + " " + dtmDate[8] + dtmDate[9] + ":" + dtmDate[10] + dtmDate[11] +':' + dtmDate[12] + dtmDate[13]
 
    return strDateTime


    strComputer = "."
    locator = win32com.client.Dispatch("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
    sService = locator.ConnectServer(strComputer, "root/CIMV2/ms_409")
    ob = service.Get("Win32_BIOS")
    objset = ob.Instances_
    for obj in objset:
      for prop in obj.Properties_:
          value = GetValue(prop.Name, obj)
          if Len(value) > 0:
           if prop.CIMType == 101:
               value = WMIDateStringToDate(value)

            print(prop.Name + " " + value)