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I would like to create PowerShell cmdlets that interact with my application at runtime. Are there any best practices on how to accomplish this?

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  • what exactly you want to do between powershell and your application? Commented Nov 6, 2013 at 0:21
  • i would like to execute some methods defined in my application and pass to them the output from standard powershell commands Commented Nov 6, 2013 at 0:28
  • it is possible to execute your application from powershell, you can pass parameters from powershell to your application also. Additionally, you can execute powershell commands from your application like string powershellcommand = "tree"; System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("powershell.exe", powershellcommand); Commented Nov 6, 2013 at 0:47
  • Are you expecting these commands to interact with a already running instance of your application or are you wanting your application to just be a powershell commandlet? Commented Nov 6, 2013 at 1:08
  • I want these commands to interact with my application at runtime Commented Nov 6, 2013 at 13:30

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There are several options. You could some form of IPC mechanism: named pipes, memory mapped files, MSMQ, etc. The cmdlets could communicate to the app via a socket. If the app is managed, it could host a WCF endpoint that the cmdlets could use to communicate with the app. You could also expose a COM API and then control the app via that API. I'm sure there are several other ways I've failed to mention.

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