Creating a Provider with WBEM CIM Studio

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The WBEM CIM Studio Web application can be used to generate a skeletal provider, eliminating the need to learn the details of the CIMOM API and COM. To run CIM Studio, you must have Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 3.01 or higher. For detailed information on using CIM Studio, see the WBEM SDK Applications Guide.

The InstProv and PropProv sample programs show how to code an instance provider and a property provider. These samples can be found in the Samples subdirectory of the WBEM installation.

Û    To create a provider

1. Create the class for which you want to return data.
2. Generate skeleton provider code for the class.
3. Register the provider with CIMOM.
4. Compile the skeleton code.
5. Register the provider with COM.
6. Add instrumentation to the code.
7. Try the provider.