How can I take the output of a WMIC "get" query and feed that into the value of a variable?

[HighSpeed556]

I feel like I'm missing something stupid easy here. But basically, I want to be able to run the following command and have the "True" or "False" value feed into a variable (for this example we'll call it $passwordexpires):

command: wmic useraccount where name="usernamehere" get passwordexpires

If I run this from a command window I get a "True" or "False" value. But my dumb self apparently can't figure out how to have that value dump into the variable $passwordexpires.

I thought it would be something like this, but this clearly doesn't work:

Local $PasswordExpires = ShellExecute("wmic.exe", "useraccount where name='usernamehere' get passwordexpires")

I know this doesn't work because when I then generate a MsgBox to display the value of $PasswordExpires it keeps displaying what looks to be a random number (which in and of itself is also confusing me).

[Gianni]

One of possible ways

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>

Local $sUsername = "administrator" ; target username
Local $sOutput = ""

; build your wmic query
Local $sWMICquery = 'wmic useraccount where name="' & $sUsername & '" get passwordexpires /format:VALUE'

; run your query hidden and with redirected I/O streams
Local $hPid = Run($sWMICquery, '', @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_MERGED)
Do
    Sleep(100)
    $sOutput &= StdoutRead($hPid) ; get wmic output from redirected stream
Until @error ; error occurs when command has finished

$sOutput = StringStripWS($sOutput, $STR_STRIPALL) ; remove all @cr and spaces from output

MsgBox(0, 'Debug', $sOutput) ; show result

 

[kylomas]

Another using win management services...

Local $strComputer = "."
Local $wmi = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & $strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Local $col = $wmi.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_useraccount where name = 'tom'")

For $item In $col
    ConsoleWrite($item.name & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($item.passwordexpires & @CRLF)
Next

kylomas

[HighSpeed556]

Okay, that works.  Now...why can't I build an "if then" statement around this.  For testing purposes, why does this not work?

 

If $sOutput = "True" Then
    MsgBox(0, "It's True", $sOutput)
EndIf
If $sOutput = "False" Then
    Msgbox(0, "It's False", $sOutPut)
EndIf

 

[HighSpeed556]

44 minutes ago, Chimp said:

One of possible ways

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>

Local $sUsername = "administrator" ; target username
Local $sOutput = ""

; build your wmic query
Local $sWMICquery = 'wmic useraccount where name="' & $sUsername & '" get passwordexpires /format:VALUE'

; run your query hidden and with redirected I/O streams
Local $hPid = Run($sWMICquery, '', @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_MERGED)
Do
    Sleep(100)
    $sOutput &= StdoutRead($hPid) ; get wmic output from redirected stream
Until @error ; error occurs when command has finished

$sOutput = StringStripWS($sOutput, $STR_STRIPALL) ; remove all @cr and spaces from output

MsgBox(0, 'Debug', $sOutput) ; show result

 

That works, but now why can I not  seem to build an If Then statement around the results of $sOutput?

 

For example, this code always displays the "It's True" box, no matter if the value of $sOutput is True or False.

 

If $sOutput = True Then
    MsgBox(0, "It's True", $sOutput)
EndIf
If $sOutput = False Then
    Msgbox(0, "It's False", $sOutPut)
EndIf

 

[kylomas]

Because the value of $soutput is not true or false.  Run the example again and look at the messagebox.

[kylomas]

This might make it clearer...

Local $strComputer = "."
Local $wmi = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & $strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Local $col = $wmi.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_useraccount where name = '" & @UserName & "'")

if $col.count > 1 then exit msgbox(17,'Oooops!','More than one user named ' & @username)

For $item In $col
    $passwordexpires = $item.passwordexpires
Next

ConsoleWrite($passwordexpires & @CRLF)

 

[HighSpeed556]

8 minutes ago, kylomas said:

This might make it clearer...

Local $strComputer = "."
Local $wmi = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & $strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Local $col = $wmi.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_useraccount where name = '" & @UserName & "'")

if $col.count > 1 then exit msgbox(17,'Oooops!','More than one user named ' & @username)

For $item In $col
    $passwordexpires = $item.passwordexpires
Next

ConsoleWrite($passwordexpires & @CRLF)

 

Okay, that seems to make more sense.  Thanks a lot!

[water]

You could search the Example scripts forum for "Scriptomatic".
That's a script that generates AutoIt code for all kinds of WMI queries