Mshsnapin (part 2): developing a mshsnapin.

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To develop a mshsnapin, you can use following three simple steps,

1. Create a class derived from MshSnapIn class.
2. Build an assembly to contain the mshsnapin class created in step1 and also other cmdlet/provider classes to be included in the mshsnapin.
3. Install the mshsnapin assembly created in step2 using installutil.exe.

Following is the sample code for a mshsnapin class. Basically, you just need to fill in information about name, vendor and description of the mshsnapin.

namespace XYZ.TestNameSpace
{
    [RunInstaller(true)]
    public class MyMshSnapIn : MshSnapIn
    {
        public MyMshSnapIn()
            : base()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets name of the mshsnapin. This will be the string to be used for registering this
        /// mshsnapin.
        /// </summary>
        public override string Name
        {
            get
            {
                return “XYZ.TestNameSpace.MyMshSnapIn”;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets vendor of the mshsnapin.
        /// </summary>
        public override string Vendor
        {
            get
            {
                return “XYZ Corporation”;
            }
        }

[Edit: Monad has now been renamed to Windows PowerShell. This script or discussion may require slight adjustments before it applies directly to newer builds.]

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