powershell: run code when importing module

Question

I have developed a powershell module in C#, implemented a few commands.

How can I execute C# code in this module when it's imported by Powershell?

Answer 1

Create a module manifest with the ModuleToProcess (or RootModule in V3) field set to the PSM1 file and the NestedModules set to the DLL e.g.:

RootModule         = 'Pscx.psm1'
NestedModules      = 'Pscx.dll' 

This is what we do in the PowerShell Community Extensions where we do the same thing - fire up a script first. You can see our PSD1 file here.