I try to access all attributes of the given method from any classes into the WMI.
For example, I can list the methods inside "Win32_SystemDriver " class
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_SystemDriver -List | Select -ExpandProperty Methods
Name InParameters OutParameters Origin Qualifiers
---- ------------ ------------- ------ ----------
StartService System.Management.ManagementBaseObject CIM_Service {MappingStrings, Override, ValueMap}
StopService System.Management.ManagementBaseObject CIM_Service {MappingStrings, Override, ValueMap}
PauseService System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, ValueMap}
ResumeService System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, ValueMap}
InterrogateService System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, ValueMap}
UserControlService System.Management.ManagementBaseObject System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, ValueMap}
Create System.Management.ManagementBaseObject System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, Static, ValueMap}
Change System.Management.ManagementBaseObject System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, ValueMap}
ChangeStartMode System.Management.ManagementBaseObject System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, ValueMap}
Delete System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Win32_BaseService {MappingStrings, ValueMap}
In MSDN document, Create method of the Win32_SystemDriver class has many attributes like;
uint32 Create(
[in] string Name,
[in] string DisplayName,
[in] string PathName,
[in] uint8 ServiceType,
[in] uint8 ErrorControl,
[in] string StartMode,
[in] boolean DesktopInteract,
[in] string StartName,
[in] string StartPassword,
[in] string LoadOrderGroup,
[in] string LoadOrderGroupDependencies[],
[in] string ServiceDependencies[]
);
Can I see these properties with CIM/WMI cmdlets? Also, if it is possible I want to see with their descriptions.
What you call "attributes" are parameters that are passed to the Create() method. Those parameters are displayed in the Definition property of the Create() member if you run Get-Member:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_SystemDriver -List | Get-Member Create | Format-List
TypeName : System.Management.ManagementClass#ROOT\cimv2\Win32_SystemDriver
Name : Create
MemberType : Method
Definition : System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Create(System.String Name, System.String DisplayName,
System.String PathName, System.Byte ServiceType, System.Byte ErrorControl, System.String StartMode,
System.Boolean DesktopInteract, System.String StartName, System.String StartPassword, System.String
LoadOrderGroup, System.String[] LoadOrderGroupDependencies, System.String[] ServiceDependencies
If you want it as a list we can use Doug's Regex pattern:
PS > (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_SystemDriver -List | Get-Member Create).Definition -replace '^.+\(|\)$' -split ',\s?'
System.String Name
System.String DisplayName
System.String PathName
System.Byte ServiceType
System.Byte ErrorControl
System.String StartMode
System.Boolean DesktopInteract
System.String StartName
System.String StartPassword
System.String LoadOrderGroup
System.String[] LoadOrderGroupDependencies
System.String[] ServiceDependencies
With some more parsing we can turn these into more readable/usable objects:
PS > (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_SystemDriver -List | Get-Member Create).Definition -replace '^.+\(|\)$' -split ',\s?' | ForEach-Object {
$split = $_.Split()
[PSCustomObject]@{
Parameter = $split[1]
Type = [type]$split[0]
}
}
Parameter Type
--------- ----
Name System.String
DisplayName System.String
PathName System.String
ServiceType System.Byte
ErrorControl System.Byte
StartMode System.String
DesktopInteract System.Boolean
StartName System.String
StartPassword System.String
LoadOrderGroup System.String
LoadOrderGroupDependencies System.String[]
ServiceDependencies System.String[]
We also converted the Type strings to [System.Type] objects.