DWbemClassObject.InheritsFrom

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The DWbemClassObject.InheritsFrom method determines if the current class or instance derives from a specified parent class.

DWbemClassObject.InheritsFrom(
  [in] strAncestor  As String
) As Long

strAncestor: String containing the class name that is being tested. If the current object has this class for one of its ancestor classes, WBEM_NO_ERROR is returned.

WBEM_NO_ERROR	The current object inherits from the specified ancestor class.
WBEM_S_FALSE	The current object does not inherit from the specified ancestor class.
WBEM_E_INVALID_PARAMETER	The strAncestor parameter is vbNullString.