How to check item in collection in WMI ManagementObject

[Joao Rego]

Hello,

Im using WMI to get CPU information through Win32_Processor.
It returns a collection but some items are "not valid".

.....
foreach( ManagementObject oReturn in oReturnCollection )
{
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["Manufacturer"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["ProcessorId"].ToString());
}

If oReturn["ProcessorId"] does not "exist" it crash with error:
Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

How can I test to see if oReturn["ProcessorId"] is set to an instance
befor I WriteLine(...) it?

Thanks,

Joao Rego

[Salvador]

Hi,

I had the same problem, use

if (oReturn["ProcessorId"] != null)
<read operations here>

Cheers

--
Salvador Alvarez Patuel
Exony Ltd - London, UK
"Joao Rego" wrote:

Hello,

Im using WMI to get CPU information through Win32_Processor.
It returns a collection but some items are "not valid".

....
foreach( ManagementObject oReturn in oReturnCollection )
{
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["Manufacturer"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["ProcessorId"].ToString());
}

If oReturn["ProcessorId"] does not "exist" it crash with error:
Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

How can I test to see if oReturn["ProcessorId"] is set to an instance
befor I WriteLine(...) it?

Thanks,

Joao Rego

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\) [C# MVP]]

Joao,

what if you first read the property in a object variable and check this
variable for *null* before printing it out?
--

Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]

"Joao Rego" <Jo******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hello,

Im using WMI to get CPU information through Win32_Processor.
It returns a collection but some items are "not valid".

....
foreach( ManagementObject oReturn in oReturnCollection )
{
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["Manufacturer"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["ProcessorId"].ToString());
}

If oReturn["ProcessorId"] does not "exist" it crash with error:
Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an
object.

How can I test to see if oReturn["ProcessorId"] is set to an instance
befor I WriteLine(...) it?

Thanks,

Joao Rego

[Joao Rego]

OK... that's it... thanks for your help.

"Salvador" wrote:

Hi,

I had the same problem, use

if (oReturn["ProcessorId"] != null)
<read operations here>

Cheers

--
Salvador Alvarez Patuel
Exony Ltd - London, UK
"Joao Rego" wrote:

Hello,

Im using WMI to get CPU information through Win32_Processor.
It returns a collection but some items are "not valid".

....
foreach( ManagementObject oReturn in oReturnCollection )
{
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["Manufacturer"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine(oReturn["ProcessorId"].ToString());
}

If oReturn["ProcessorId"] does not "exist" it crash with error:
Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

How can I test to see if oReturn["ProcessorId"] is set to an instance
befor I WriteLine(...) it?

Thanks,

Joao Rego