What can I do with C# and Powershell? [closed]

Question

I have a decent understanding of C# and a very basic understanding of powershell. I'm using Windows PowerShell CTP 3, which has been really fun. But I want to go beyond writing scripts/functions. Is there any cool stuff to do with C#?

Answer 1

At the highest level you have two different options You can from a C# program host PowerShell and execute PowerShell commands via RunSpaces and pipelines.

Or you can from within PowerShell run C# code. This can be done two ways. With a PowerShell snapin, a compiled dll which provides PowerShell cmdlets and navigation providers, or via the new cmdlet Add-Type, which lets you dynamically import C#, VB, F# code. From the help

$source = @" public class BasicTest {     public static int Add(int a, int b)     {         return (a + b);     }      public int Multiply(int a, int b)     {         return (a * b);     } } "@  Add-Type -TypeDefinition $source [BasicTest]::Add(4, 3) $basicTestObject = New-Object BasicTest  $basicTestObject.Multiply(5, 2)