C# WMI start remote process with delay

Question

Hi,

My program (C#) must create a remote process and return the exit_code when it's finished.

Because I want to do this programmatically without using PsExec, I use "InvokeMethod("create"... from ManagementBaseObject class and then I use a ManagementEventWatcher class to get the "stop" event.

It works but...

If the remote command finishes quickly, I mean before my watcher is listening ; I'm not able to get the exit_code.

So, is there a way to execute a remote process with a delay before runtime in order to let the watcher run before the command execution?

I tried with a ProcessStartupInformation with 4 in the property "CreateFlag". Then the remote process is created in a suspend status but I never find a way to resume the remote thread. If somebody knows a solution to do that, it could be very very helpfully... It seems that "AttachDebugger" method is another way to suspend a remote process but I don't know how to "detachDebugger".

Let me know if my explanations are not clear.

Thanks   

Answer 1

Sorry, but you have posted your question in a forum that talk about Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), then I am moving your post to another forum and I hope you can get some help. But if you want you can try to find other forum by yourself:

 

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/

 

Hope that helps

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Cleber Marques

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Answer 2

We have gone through the document of both ManagementBaseObject and ManagementEventWatcher classes. We need to develop a sample application to create an application to invoke a remote process using the ManagementBaseObject class and to make a watcher using ManagementEventWatcher class. After creating such an application then we can research whether it’s possible to keep the watcher until we get exit_code from the remote process. This process will take some time. From a support perspective this is really beyond what we can do here in the forums. If you cannot determine your answer here or on your own, consider opening a support case with us. Visit this link to see the various support options that are available to better meet your needs:  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=fh;en-us;offerprophone.

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