I use GetObject() to locate a compu

[drkestrel]

I use GetObject() to locate a computer and pass on the object to another function (so it could do things like object.GetObject() to locate an NT Service.

However, I am having problem trying to read back the name of the computer from the Computer Object I obtained through

Set objComputer = GetObject("WinNT://compName,computer")

All the following results in Object required error, with or without the

CStr

:

CStr(objComputer.ComputerID)
CStr(objComputer)
CStr(objComputer.Class)

Note if I do the above before returning the Object at the function which does the GetObject, they all fail except objComputer.Class would work over there.

What is wrong?

 

[jonscott8]

MTL, you're Set statement was not successful. Try

On Error Resume Next
Set objComputer = GetObject("WinNT://compName,computer&quot
IF IsObject(objComputer) THEN
WScript.Echo objComputer.Class
WScript.Echo objComputer.Owner
ELSE
WScript.Echo "Bad connect string. Check for typos in the PC name."
END IF

Also, IIRC, the WinNT provider does not support the ComputerID property. Jon Hawkins

 

[drkestrel]

Thanks Jon, but it is the Computer Hostname /Windows Network Identifier I want, not the owner or the Class (i.e. Computer). However, If I do

WScript.echo CStr(objComputer.ComputerID )

I get error Active Directory: The Active Directory property cannot be found in the cache.

 

[jonscott8]

I'm not an AD buff, but I'll reiterate, the WinNT provider does not support the ComputerID property.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../adsi/provider_support_of_adsi_interfaces.asp

Jon Hawkins