如何使用C应用程序从WMI获取数据?

I have a pure C application that issues IOCTL calls to my adapter driver and displays info ,this is however compiled using Visual Developer Studio 5(non-managed code) ... I need to get some info however from my adapter using WMI .... My googling efforts show that i would need to write a C++ Application using COM to achieve any form of communication with wMI or a C# with .NET app a) Is that really the case? NO work around for my C application? b) If above is true,what are the minimum level changes that i would need to do my project/wp /workspace settings?I have a pure C application that issues IOCTL c