Thanks for the respons Shay,
Couldn't find the group post you referenced but i did look at the link you
provided. Its very interesting, i'm going to give it a go.
Thanks
"Shay Levi" wrote:
Quote:
>
> If you want to run in-line C# code in PowerShell, search this group for
> "Re: Invisible Windows" (by Bruce Payette) its from the 8/15/2007.
>
> Another example, though from the early days of PowerShell (Monad),
> shows how to embed C# code to invoke a Win32API. Read the comments also.
> http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/arc...25/583236.aspx
>
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> Quote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to Powershell and so far its been geat..as long as i didn't
> > stray too far from .Net and WMI stuff.
> >
> > Now i'm to the point where i'm looking at possibly converting some of
> > the specific use things I've done in C++ for Vista to use them in
> > Powershell. I did these things based upon the new API's present in
> > Vista like here:
> > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776780.aspx
> >
> > Yeah, I understand that API's aren't intended for direct admin
> > interaction whereas cmdlets are, but if its possible to access some of
> > this stuff i'd like to be able to do it. So I guess my question would
> > be, how can i access these Vista API's and use them in Powershell?
> >
> > I've spent the last week browsing thru the various sites and blogs
> > looking for things that are helpful, found a lot of stuff that was
> > "almost but not really" things, and I have the concept of objects in
> > Powershell down to a pretty reliable and comfortable level for me at
> > least but I always stall out when trying to get to these API's, I know
> > where i'm at, where i want to go, but just a "can't get there from
> > here" thing is stalling my progess.
> >
> > Like for example, how would i access the Vista API IFileDialog
> > interface and its members..or...any of the new functions like
> > PathCreateFromUrlAlloc,
> >
> > Any examples or help would be great if anyone has any ideas on the
> > subject.
> >
> > Thanks
> > >
>
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