python create WMI instances

[future_retro at yahoo.co.uk]

Create isn't a method of Win32_Printer so I couldn't get that to work.
.Create is a method of Win32_Process which (wait for it..) creates a
new process.  Unfortunatly there is no method to add a printer.  the
method .AddPrinterConnection will allow me to add a connection to an
existing print share but I want to create a printer with the option of
sharing it.

I think I'll have to do this with spawninstance.





Tim Golden wrote:
> [Marc Wyburn]
> |
> | Hi all, I am struggling with a vb - python code conversion.  I'm using
> | WMI to create printers on remote machines using (in VB);
> |
> | set oPrinter = oService.Get("Win32_Printer").SpawnInstance_
> |
> | oPrinter.DriverName = strDriver
> | oPrinter.PortName   = strPort
> | oPrinter.DeviceID   = strPrinter
> | oPrinter.Put_(kFlagCreateOnly)
> |
> | In python I have logged onto the WMI service on the remote machine and
> | I can run things like c.new.AddPrinterConnection so I know that I am
> | connected and working OK.  I don't get any errors when I create a new
> | object with SpawnInstance_ but when I try to set the value of
> | oPrinter.Drivername I get an error saying that the Drivername object
> | doesn't exist.  Does anyone know how to set the values of the object
> | using either the method above or with the WMI module?  I think the WMI
> | module only allows access to modify methods such ADDPrinterConnection
> | or Create (from Win32_Service).
>
> Not sure if I can help here or not, but just in case...
>
> As far as I understand you, the fact that you're creating
> on a remote machine is just an incidental, ie you'd have
> the same problem doing this locally.
>
> Part of the problem is that when VB does something
> like:
>
> oPrinter.DriverName = strDriver
>
> what's really happening behind the scenes is something
> like:
>
> oPrinter.Properties_ ("DriverName").Value = strDriver
>
> Now you can do that in Python. (In fact, that's what
> the wmi module does when it overrides __setattr__, followed
> by a Put_). So if you want to translate code fairly literally,
> then carry on as you were, but substitute the latter code for
> the former.
>
> Having said that, the wmi module *can* create new instances
> of classes. The problem is that I had/have little knowledge
> of how WMI works in this area, so what I've done may not
> be right. The method you're looking for is .new (aliased
> as .new_instance_of) and if you use help on that method,
> you'll get this:
>
> new(self, wmi_class) unbound wmi.WMI method
>     Create a new <whatever>, typically something like
>     Win32_Process, eg:
>
>     c = wmi.WMI ("remote_machine")
>     for p in c.Win32_Process (name="notepad.exe"): print p
>     c.new ("Win32_Process").Create (CommandLine="notepad.exe")
>     for p in c.Win32_Process (name="notepad.exe"): print p
>     p.Terminate ()
>     for p in c.Win32_Process (name="notepad.exe"): print p
>
> Now this example works, but I notice from the code
> that what I did to make it work was to remove the
> SpawnInstance_ which I had, and replace it by an
> instance retrieval. ie I just do a Get on the class.
>
> I'll try to find some examples around of what you're
> doing which, up till now, I've not really needed to
> do. Meanwhile, I hope the above info is of some use.
>
> Feel free to respond with questions or comments. This
> can only get clearer!
>
> TJG
>
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