How to retrieve DMI systeminformation
Hans
I RTFM'd and STFW'd a while, but I could not find so much, so I'll have to
ask it here.
How can I read DMI information in c++.
Any hints appreciated.
Gr, Hans
Jack Klein
wrote in comp.lang.c++:
Why are you cross-posting this to comp.lang.c++? What the fsck does
it have to do with the C++ language, which does not even define "DMI
information"?
Kindly keep platform-specific questions out of comp.lang.c++.
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Hans
"Jack Klein" <jack...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:58:01 +0200, "Hans" <hans at rohill dot nl>
> wrote in comp.lang.c++:
>
> > Hello group,
> >
> > I RTFM'd and STFW'd a while, but I could not find so much, so I'll have
to
> > ask it here.
> >
> > How can I read DMI information in c++.
> >
> > Any hints appreciated.
> >
> > Gr, Hans
>
> Why are you cross-posting this to comp.lang.c++?
Sigh...
Cause I want to know how I can read DMI information in C++
Guess there's not much change of getting an appropriate answer in
comp.lang.cobol, right?
> What the fsck does
> it have to do with the C++ language,
See previous answer
Shane Beasley
> > Why are you cross-posting this to comp.lang.c++?
>
> Sigh...
>
> Cause I want to know how I can read DMI information in C++
> Guess there's not much change of getting an appropriate answer in
> comp.lang.cobol, right?
Not much chance here, either.
This newsgroup discusses ISO C++ which applies equally well to
mainframes and embedded systems as it does to desktop computers. DMI
is (among other things) Desktop Management Interface, "a standard
framework for managing and tracking components in a desktop pc,
notebook or server." You almost certainly cannot implement DMI without
resorting to system-specific APIs, and that makes this question
off-topic.
There are two ways to solve your problem. One is to read the DMI
specs[1] and write your own library for the systems you are
supporting. You could use DMI fora for info on DMI, system-specific
fora for info on those systems, and this group for info on using ISO
C++ to implement the library; do not mix the three.
The other is to find DMI libraries for the systems you wish to support
and have them do the work for you. Again, this would be on-topic for
fora for DMI or for the libraries you're using, but it's off-topic in
this one.
- Shane
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1. DMI specs at <http://www.dmtf.org/standards/standard_dmi.php>