Access Powershell via Visual C++ (API)

Question

I'd like to write a program that effectively "pipes" Powershell, so that I can send commands and parse the responses in C++, without actually opening the prompt on the screen.

Any tips?

Answer 1

You can certainly do this but you'll need to use managed code as PowerShell's architecture is based entirely on the CLR object model.

I'm not sure of the C++ syntax but you can start with the PowerShell class in System.Management.Automation.dll and use its static Create method to create an instance to which you can pipe data and run commands.