Dell Product Name - using wmi

[Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: libsmbios-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com 
> [mailto:libsmbios-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf 
> Of Senthil_OR at dell.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:55 PM
> To: libsmbios-devel at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: Dell Product Name - using wmi
> 
> Hi Michael,
>                 Greetings! 
> I have a couple of questions w.r.t to SMBIOS.
>  
> As my requirement was just to get Dell Product Name(Dell 
> PowerEdge X/ Optiplex X etc), I thought of using  python wmi 
> interface and get it.
>  
> >>> import wmi
> >>> c = wmi.WMI()
> >>> for value in c.Win32_SMBIOSMemory():
> ...  print value.SystemName
> ...  
> WXP-GQ86K1S
> WXP-GQ86K1S
> WXP-GQ86K1S
> WXP-GQ86K1S
>  
> I am getting the service tag instead.
>  
> Tried another way:
> 
> >>> for value in c.Win32_ComputerSystem():
> ...  print value.Model
> ...  
> Latitude D610 
>  
> 1) I assume, I should able to use this for any of the Dell 
> systems. Am I right?

I would give 90% confidence here. I don't really rely on WMI stuff
myself or know how they populate it.

>  
> --
> Few points on libsmbios.
> * The dev_environment for windows does not have the zip of 
> xerces. I had to wget on Linux box and move to windows.

Done.

> * Just as Linux provides make minimal to build the binaries 
> without the dependency on cppunit/xerces. Does windows have 
> any option for that. 

Yes. Just build the individual projects.

> * I am new to VC++. I downloaded the VC++ Express Edition 
> 2005 ( version

The latest version has all fixes for VC8 (but no project files.) I have
not made an official release, though. I am waiting on the clearcase team
to add the VC8 component to my project.

> 8.0) from microsoft site to build the libsmbios on windows. 
> It did not compile right away Gave errors:
> "
> Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and 
> report the results
> 
> c:\libsmbios\libsmbios-0.11.5\libsmbios-0.11.5\include\smbios/
> compat.h(4
> 6) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 
> 'windows.h': No such file or directory

This I have no idea. "windows.h" is one of those basic files that should
always be present.
--
Michael

> 
> "
> Any settings or environment variables I need to change?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Senthil
> 
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