PowerShell: how to convert a COM object to an .NET interop type?

Question

As described in my question Create ISO image using PowerShell: how to save IStream to file?, in PowerShell I create an IStream object as follows:

$is = (New-         


        

Answer 1

You can try to pass $is in a (unsafe) c# method like an objecttype and try to handle it with a VARdeclared as System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream

public unsafe static class MyClass
{
    public static void MyMethod(object Stream) 
    {
       var i = Stream as System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream; 

    //do something with i like i.read(...) and i.write(...)
    }
}

In powershell after the add-type:

[MyClass]::MyMethod($is)

Answer 2

You can't make this work. PowerShell uses a transparent "com adapter" layer that prevents this from working, but enables late binding in script. For the majority of cases this a Good Thing, but not in yours.