Run PSCmdLets in C# code (Citrix XenDesktop)

Question

I\'m new to PowerShell and running PowerShell cmd-lets in C#. Specifically, I\'m trying to use Citrix\'s XenDesktop SDK to write a web app to manage our XenDesktop environm

Answer 1

You need to host the PowerShell engine in order to execute a PSCmdlet e.g. (from the MSDN docs):

  // Call the PowerShell.Create() method to create an 
  // empty pipeline.
  PowerShell ps = PowerShell.Create();

  // Call the PowerShell.AddCommand(string) method to add 
  // the Get-Process cmdlet to the pipeline. Do 
  // not include spaces before or after the cmdlet name 
  // because that will cause the command to fail.
  ps.AddCommand("Get-Process");

  Console.WriteLine("Process                 Id");
  Console.WriteLine("----------------------------");

  // Call the PowerShell.Invoke() method to run the 
  // commands of the pipeline.
  foreach (PSObject result in ps.Invoke())
  {
    Console.WriteLine(
            "{0,-24}{1}",
            result.Members["ProcessName"].Value,
            result.Members["Id"].Value);
  } 
}