How to View the Properties for an Operating System Image

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 Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, you view the image properties for the Windows Image (WIM) file that is contained in an operating system package by calling the SMS_ImagePackage class instance GetImageProperties method.

The image properties are available in XML format.

To view image properties

1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.

2. Get the SMS_ImagePackage class instance that you want to update.

3. Call the GetImageProperties class instance method.

4. Access property XML by using the ImageProperty parameter.

Example

The following example displays the operating system image package property XML that defines the package.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Sub ViewOSImage(connection,imagePackageID)
        
    Dim imagePackage
    Dim inParam
    Dim outParams
    
    ' Get the image.
    Set imagePackage = connection.Get("SMS_ImagePackage.PackageID='" & imagePackageID & "'")
        
    ' Obtain an InParameters object specific
    ' to the method.
    Set inParam = imagePackage.Methods_("GetImageProperties"). _
        inParameters.SpawnInstance_()

    ' Add the input parameters.
    inParam.Properties_.Item("SourceImagePath") =  imagePackage.PkgSourcePath
        
    ' Execute the method.
    Set outParams = connection.ExecMethod("SMS_ImagePackage", "GetImageProperties", inParam)

    ' Display the image properties XML.
    Wscript.echo "ImageProperty: " & outParams.ImageProperty
        
End Sub

public void ViewOSImage(
    WqlConnectionManager connection, 
    string imagePackageId)
{
    try
    {
        IResultObject imagePackage = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_ImagePackage.PackageID='" + imagePackageId + "'");

        Dictionary<string, Object> inParams = new Dictionary<string, object>();

        inParams.Add("SourceImagePath", imagePackage["PkgSourcePath"].StringValue);
        IResultObject result = connection.ExecuteMethod("SMS_ImagePackage", "GetImageProperties", inParams);

        Console.WriteLine(result["ImageProperty"].StringValue);
    }
    catch (SmsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        throw;
    }
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
connection	Managed: WqlConnectionManager VBScript: SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
imagePackageID	Managed: String VBScript: String	The package image identifier. It is available from SMS_ImagePackage. PackageID.

Compiling the Code

The C# example has the following compilation requirements:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

adminui.wqlqueryengine

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see About Securing Configuration Manager Applications.