Hi,
While reading this post by @Peter Simpson , I realized that I was still using a very old (!) Autoit function to retrieve my computer informations: CompInfo by JSThePatriot
Until now, I was executing this AutoIt function and returning to result as Json to parse in B4J. So I have converted it to B4J using Gemini as a base and developed further on it.
The class contains about 30 methods that give very detailed information about your computer (or a remote computer). To use it locally just use "" as the computer name, or to execute it remotely you can give the computer name or ip address.
Libraries used:
Json, jShell
List of methods:
Note about remote execution:
For the remote execution to work across a network, the following conditions must be met:
1. Network/Domain: Both computers generally need To be on the same network, And ideally on the same Active Directory Domain.
2. Permissions: The Windows account running your B4J app must have Administrator or WMI-access privileges on the target remote computer.
3. WinRM Enabled: The target computer must have Windows Remote Management (WinRM) And PowerShell remoting enabled
(usually done by running Enable-PSRemoting -Force in an admin PowerShell prompt on the target PC).
4. Firewall: The target PC's firewall must allow incoming WMI and WinRM traffic.
Note about the Types:
Each function returns a list of specific Types (all starting with "CompInfo_") so that it's easy to retrieve the information. Each Type also contains a "AsMap" method in case you need to store the raw data in a DB for example. There is an example code snippet for each method.
Note about Video Controllers:
Since the function is based on WMI Win_32, it can't display more than 4 GB of ram for the GPU, so I added another function called "ComputerGetGPUInfo"
Note about bytes:
A lot of methods return the data as bytes, so I added a method to convert the bytes to human readable string:
Note:
Since it's using WMI and Powershell, it's Windows ONLY!
I included both the compiled library and the source code, as well as an example B4J project.
While reading this post by @Peter Simpson , I realized that I was still using a very old (!) Autoit function to retrieve my computer informations: CompInfo by JSThePatriot
Until now, I was executing this AutoIt function and returning to result as Json to parse in B4J. So I have converted it to B4J using Gemini as a base and developed further on it.
The class contains about 30 methods that give very detailed information about your computer (or a remote computer). To use it locally just use "" as the computer name, or to execute it remotely you can give the computer name or ip address.
Libraries used:
Json, jShell
List of methods:
B4X:
ComputerGetBatteries
ComputerGetBIOS
ComputerGetBootConfiguration
ComputerGetComputerSystem
ComputerGetDependentServices
ComputerGetDesktopMonitors
ComputerGetDesktops
ComputerGetGPUInfo
ComputerGetGroups
ComputerGetInstalledSoftwares
ComputerGetKeyboards
ComputerGetLoggedOnUsers
ComputerGetLogicalDisks
ComputerGetMotherboardDevices
ComputerGetNetworkAdapters
ComputerGetNTEventLogs
ComputerGetOperatingSytems
ComputerGetPhysicalMemory
ComputerGetPointingDevices
ComputerGetPrinters
ComputerGetPrintJobs
ComputerGetProcesses
ComputerGetProcessors
ComputerGetServices
ComputerGetShares
ComputerGetSoundDevices
ComputerGetStartupCommands
ComputerGetSystemProduct
ComputerGetThreads
ComputerGetUserAccounts
ComputerGetVideoControllers
FormatBytesNote about remote execution:
For the remote execution to work across a network, the following conditions must be met:
1. Network/Domain: Both computers generally need To be on the same network, And ideally on the same Active Directory Domain.
2. Permissions: The Windows account running your B4J app must have Administrator or WMI-access privileges on the target remote computer.
3. WinRM Enabled: The target computer must have Windows Remote Management (WinRM) And PowerShell remoting enabled
(usually done by running Enable-PSRemoting -Force in an admin PowerShell prompt on the target PC).
4. Firewall: The target PC's firewall must allow incoming WMI and WinRM traffic.
!! Enabling WinRM increase security risks !! Read about it before doing it.
Note about the Types:
Each function returns a list of specific Types (all starting with "CompInfo_") so that it's easy to retrieve the information. Each Type also contains a "AsMap" method in case you need to store the raw data in a DB for example. There is an example code snippet for each method.
Note about Video Controllers:
Since the function is based on WMI Win_32, it can't display more than 4 GB of ram for the GPU, so I added another function called "ComputerGetGPUInfo"
Note about bytes:
A lot of methods return the data as bytes, so I added a method to convert the bytes to human readable string:
B4X:
Log(ci.FormatBytes(GPU2.VRAMBytes))Note:
Since it's using WMI and Powershell, it's Windows ONLY!
I included both the compiled library and the source code, as well as an example B4J project.
Example:
Dim ci As CompInfo
ci.Initialize("")
For Each App As CompInfo_InstalledSoftware In ci.ComputerGetInstalledSoftwares
Log("DisplayName: " & App.DisplayName)
Log("DisplayVersion: " & App.DisplayVersion)
Log("Publisher: " & App.Publisher)
Log("UninstallString: " & App.UninstallString)
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