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Hi all. I am using WMI to read some printing information. It runs soooo
sssslllooooowwww for me though when retrieving information. My computer is
pretty quick so I don't think it is the PC. Is this normal?

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I'll have a B please Bob.
Nov 21 '05 #1
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"Bob Hollness" <bo*@blockbuster.com> schrieb:
Hi all. I am using WMI to read some printing information. It runs soooo
sssslllooooowwww for me though when retrieving information. My computer
is pretty quick so I don't think it is the PC. Is this normal?


Yes. WMI is primarily intended for administation/maintainance purposes.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
Nov 21 '05 #2
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
"Bob Hollness" <bo*@blockbuster.com> schrieb:
Hi all. I am using WMI to read some printing information. It runs soooo
sssslllooooowwww for me though when retrieving information. My computer
is pretty quick so I don't think it is the PC. Is this normal?


Yes. WMI is primarily intended for administation/maintainance purposes.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>


Is there anything I can do to improve performance at all?
Nov 21 '05 #3
"Bob Hollness" <bo*@blockbuster.com> schrieb:
Hi all. I am using WMI to read some printing information. It runs
soooo sssslllooooowwww for me though when retrieving information. My
computer is pretty quick so I don't think it is the PC. Is this normal?


Yes. WMI is primarily intended for administation/maintainance purposes.


Is there anything I can do to improve performance at all?


Some parts of WMI can be replaced with p/invoke calls. What information
exactly do you want to get using WMI?

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
Nov 21 '05 #4
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:ut**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
"Bob Hollness" <bo*@blockbuster.com> schrieb:
Hi all. I am using WMI to read some printing information. It runs
soooo sssslllooooowwww for me though when retrieving information. My
computer is pretty quick so I don't think it is the PC. Is this
normal?

Yes. WMI is primarily intended for administation/maintainance purposes.


Is there anything I can do to improve performance at all?


Some parts of WMI can be replaced with p/invoke calls. What information
exactly do you want to get using WMI?

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>


A while ago I posted about manipulating a printer. I wanted to know if a
class or API existed. I was pointed in the direction of something that
partly helped but it was not enough. I managed to do it using WMI but it
justs runs so slow.
Nov 21 '05 #5

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