Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets and displays the description of a WMI Class.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script takes a WMI Class name as a parameter. The script 
6.     then gets the class's description from the CIM repository and 
7.     displays it. Based on a PowerShell.Com tip of the day! 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com  
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1 
17.     Description for WMI Class Win32_ComputerSystem: 
18.     The Win32_ComputerSystem class represents a computer system operating in a Win32 environment. 
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     PSH [C:\foo]: . \Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1 win32_bios 
21.     Description for WMI Class win32_bios: 
22.     The Win32_BIOS class represents the attributes of the computer system's basic input/output services 
23.     (BIOS) that are installed on the computer. 
24. #> 
25.  
26. param ( 
27. [string] $WMIClassName = "Win32_ComputerSystem" 
28. ) 
29.  
30. # Get WMI class from class name 
31. $class = [wmiclass]$wmiclassname 
32.  
33. # Now get then print the class description 
34. # First use ammended qualifiers to get description 
35. $class.psbase.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = $true 
36. "Description for WMI Class {0}:"  -f $WmiClassName 
37. ($class.psbase.qualifiers["description"]).Value 

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