InvokePowerShell Class

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06/23/2009

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Activity that invokes a PowerShell command.

Namespace: System.Management.Automation.Activities
Assembly: System.Activities.Extended (in System.Activities.Extended.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ContentPropertyAttribute("Parameters")> _
Public NotInheritable Class InvokePowerShell _
    Inherits Activity
'Usage
Dim instance As InvokePowerShell

[ContentPropertyAttribute("Parameters")]
public sealed class InvokePowerShell : Activity

[ContentPropertyAttribute(L"Parameters")]
public ref class InvokePowerShell sealed : public Activity

public final class InvokePowerShell extends Activity

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<ContentPropertyAttribute("Parameters")>]
type InvokePowerShell =  
    class
        inherit Activity
    end

Remarks

Note that to use PowerShell activities, PowerShell must be installed. PowerShell is not installed automatically with .

The InvokePowerShell activities support three types of input:

Parameters
Input parameters to be passed into a PowerShell command. Command parameters always have names and values. For example, the “get-process” command has three named parameters: name, id and inputObject.
PowerShell variables
variables - Used to hold data in PowerShell. Variables start with “$” and can be referenced in scripts.
Pipeline input
Pipeline data is delivered to the InvokePowerShell activity via an InArgument of type IEnumerable<object>. These objects can either be bound by PowerShell to matching parameters or referenced using PowerShell’s built-in variables $input and $.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Activities.WorkflowElement
    System.Activities.Activity
      System.Management.Automation.Activities.InvokePowerShell

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4