How To Write a Console Application in PowerShell with Add-Type
Windows PowerShell CTP3 has a lot of very cool things. CTP2 introduced the Add-Type cmdlet, which allowed you to dynamically compile C# in PowerShell. It was actually possible to use the CompilerParameters to Add-Type to make a console application, but it wasn't particularly easy. In CTP3, we've made this a lot easier to do.
There's now an -OutputType parameter for Add-Type. It can either output a Library (the default), a ConsoleApplication, or a WindowsApplication. Check out this really quick "Hello World" program built using Add-Type.
Add-Type -OutputType ConsoleApplication -OutputAssembly HelloWorld.exe @"
using System;
public class MyProgram
{
public static void Main(string[] args) {
Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
}
}
"@
Hope this Helps,
James Brundage [MSFT]
