HTML Viewer Environment

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The HTML Viewer allows you to view schema class definitions on a particular machine in a network, and to view objects of those classes on that machine. The HTML Viewer displays objects from a CIM Object Manager (CIMOM) database. You can browse the objects by selecting the classes by using the graphical or default views.

Each time you use the HTML Viewer you are asked for the machine name to browse. Before you can view the classes on a particular machine, CIMOM must create a database on that machine.

Note  CIMOM must be installed and a database of classes must be created on the target machine prior to using the HTML Viewer. One of the methods for creating a database of classes is to compile a MOF file in the directory where the SDK was installed (typically c:\Wbem). To compile the MOF file, type the following at the command-line prompt: mofcomp <filename.mof>. For more information, see MOF Compiler.

The examples in the following topics use the Cimwin32.mof file that is provided in the SDK. This MOF file compiles into a database of Win32® schema classes that can be viewed by using the HTML Viewer.

The HTML Viewer uses a pure HTML output to present the following information:

This information is presented in an HTML view derived from the CIMOM database.