How to call PowerShell cmdlets from C# in Visual Studio

c# powershell visual-studio-2012 cmdlets

Yes, you can call cmdlets from your C# code.

You'll need these two namespaces:

using System.Management.Automation;using System.Management.Automation.Runspaces;

Open a runspace:

Runspace runSpace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace();runSpace.Open();

Create a pipeline:

Pipeline pipeline = runSpace.CreatePipeline();

Create a command:

Command cmd= new Command("APowerShellCommand");

You can add parameters:

cmd.Parameters.Add("Property", "value");

Add it to the pipeline:

pipeline.Commands.Add(cmd);

Run the command(s):

Collection output = pipeline.Invoke();foreach (PSObject psObject in output){   ....do stuff with psObject (output to console, etc)}

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