Chapter 17. Working with .NET and events
This chapter covers
- .NET and PowerShell
- Real-time events
I love it when a plan comes together!
Col. John “Hannibal” Smith, The A-Team
The good news is that PowerShell is .NET -based and works with .NET objects. The not-quite-so-good news is that not all of .NET is immediately available when you open PowerShell. Some .NET functionality is available through cmdlets—for the rest you need to access the .NET classes in your code. PowerShell doesn’t load the entire .NET framework, so you’ll need to load assemblies before you can use them. Once an assembly is loaded, you have access to the rich .NET functionality, including creating graphical applications in PowerShell.
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