🧬 WQL / PowerShell
Win32_Keyboard: Keyboard Info (WQL)
A minimal WQL reference query against Win32_Keyboard — the raw SELECT statement plus a one-line runner, useful for learning WMI Query Language independent of any host language.
KeyboardQuery.ps1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
WQL reference: Keyboard Info (Win32_Keyboard).
.DESCRIPTION
A minimal example of querying Win32_Keyboard with a raw WQL SELECT
statement via Get-CimInstance -Query — useful as a WMI Query
Language reference, independent of any particular scripting
language's WMI binding.
The same query string works with Get-WmiObject -Query (older
PowerShell), GetObject("winmgmts:...").ExecQuery(...) in VBScript
or JScript, and ManagementObjectSearcher in C# — only the syntax
around the query changes, not the WQL itself.
.EXAMPLE
.\KeyboardQuery.ps1
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param()
$wqlQuery = "SELECT Description, Layout, NumberOfFunctionKeys FROM Win32_Keyboard"
Write-Host "WQL: $wqlQuery" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
Get-CimInstance -Query $wqlQuery | Format-Table -Property Description, Layout, NumberOfFunctionKeys -AutoSize