Add-Type - Powershell 3.0 CmdLet

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Add-Type

Short description
Adds a Microsoft .NET Framework type (a class) to a Windows PowerShell session.

Syntax


Description
The Add-Type cmdlet lets you define a .NET Framework class in your Windows PowerShell session. You can then instantiate
 objects (by using the New-Object cmdlet) and use the objects, just as you would use any .NET Framework object. If you 
add an Add-Type command to your Windows PowerShell profile, the class is available in all Windows PowerShell sessions.


You can specify the type by specifying an existing assembly or source code files, or you can specify the source code in
line or saved in a variable. You can even specify only a method and Add-Type will define and generate the class. You ca
n use this feature to make Platform Invoke (P/Invoke) calls to unmanaged functions in Windows PowerShell. If you specif
y source code, Add-Type compiles the specified source code and generates an in-memory assembly that contains the new .N
ET Framework types.


You can use the parameters of Add-Type to specify an alternate language and compiler (CSharp is the default), compiler 
options, assembly dependencies, the class namespace, the names of the type, and the resulting assembly.