IoWMIExecuteMethod function (wdm.h)

The IoWMIExecuteMethod routine runs a WMI class method on the specified WMI data block instance.

Syntax

NTSTATUS IoWMIExecuteMethod(
  [in]      PVOID           DataBlockObject,
  [in]      PUNICODE_STRING InstanceName,
  [in]      ULONG           MethodId,
  [in]      ULONG           InBufferSize,
  [in, out] PULONG          OutBufferSize,
  [in, out] PUCHAR          InOutBuffer
);

Parameters

[in] DataBlockObject

Pointer to a WMI data block object. The caller opens the data block object for the WMI class with IoWMIOpenBlock. The object must be opened with the WMIGUID_EXECUTE access right.

[in] InstanceName

Specifies the name of the instance of the data block. This value corresponds to the value of the InstanceName property for the block.

[in] MethodId

Specifies the method item ID for the method to be set. The value of this parameter corresponds to the value declared in the WmiMethodId qualifier for the method.

[in] InBufferSize

Specifies the size, in bytes, of input data for the method. The actual input data is passed in the buffer pointed to by the InOutBuffer parameter.

[in, out] OutBufferSize

Pointer to a ULONG that specifies the expected size, bytes, of the data output by the method. The actual output data is returned in the buffer pointed to by the InOutBuffer parameter. If the routine succeeds, it updates the memory location to specify the number of bytes actually stored in InOutBuffer. If the routine fails with STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL, it returns the number of bytes required to return the data.

[in, out] InOutBuffer

Pointer to the buffer where the caller passes the WMI method's input data, and receives the WMI method's output data.

Return value

The routine returns an NTSTATUS code. Possible return values include:

Return code	Description
STATUS_SUCCESS	The operation succeeded. The routine returns the WMI data in the buffer pointed to by the InOutBuffer parameter. The routine also returns the size, in bytes, of the returned data in the memory location pointed to by the OutBufferSize parameter.
STATUS_WMI_GUID_NOT_FOUND	No drivers implement the WMI class.
STATUS_WMI_INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND	No driver implements an instance of the WMI class with InstanceName property equal to the value specified in the InstanceName parameter.
STATUS_WMI_ITEMID_NOT_FOUND	The WMI class does not contain a method with method ID equal to the value of MethodId.
STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL	The buffer passed by the caller in the OutBuffer parameter is too small. The routine returns the required buffer size in the memory location pointed to by the InOutBufferSize parameter.
STATUS_WMI_GUID_DISCONNECTED	The WMI GUID is no longer available or was never available.

Remarks

IoWMIExecuteMethod determines which drivers might support the specified WMI class and instance name. It issues an IRP_MN_EXECUTE_METHOD request to each such driver. The driver that exports the data block instance with matching InstanceName property then runs the specified WMI method.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Available in Windows XP and later versions of the Windows operating system.
Target Platform	Universal
Header	wdm.h (include Wdm.h, Ntddk.h, Ntifs.h)
Library	NtosKrnl.lib
DLL	NtosKrnl.exe
IRQL	<= APC_LEVEL

See also

IRP_MN_EXECUTE_METHOD

IoWMIOpenBlock