PC information question

[roofninja]

This is more of a general question and I am very new, so I don't know exactly what I am looking for. Is there an API or something that I is a built-in that can be used to find the Model of the PC that it is running on, the BIOS version of the PC, and other various information?

[DarrylBurke]

Not in the JDK, no.

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[roofninja]

Then what do I use to find that kind of information? WMI?, through a DOS command?

[roofninja]

I found this link that looks like it does wmi, but I have having trouble reading it and understanding it.

WindowsWmiInput

[roofninja]

This is actually better. So, how do I put this in a program? Is it an "Import"?

jWMI – Query Windows WMI from Java | henryranch.net

[DarrylBurke]

how do I put this in a program? Is it an "Import"?

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[roofninja]

So, this is what I am using to test how to use the jWMI class, but I get 2 errors from how I am call the class. It says that "jWMI WMIV=new jWMI();" cannot find symbol for "jWMI".

I have copied the .java and .class in the same folder as the wmitest. Do I have to put it in the "bin" of the sdk? I am just not sure if I am putting this "jWMI" in the correct place now or what I am doing wrong here.

//test the use of jWMI class call
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class wmitest{
	public static void main(String args[]){

		jWMI WMIV=new jWMI();
		String model = WMIV.getWMIValue("Select Model from Win32_ComputerSystem","Model");

		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"This is the PC model__"+model);
	}
}

[DarrylBurke]

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