{"id":3701,"date":"2009-07-22T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T13:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2009\/07\/22\/dynamic-binary-modules\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:12:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:12:30","slug":"dynamic-binary-modules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/dynamic-binary-modules\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic binary modules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using add-type and import-module you can dynamically compile and load an assembly without any intermediate assembly files to cleanup. <\/p>\n

For instance, to run a cmdlet on a remote machine you could send over the cmdlet source code, compile, import, and run it all on the fly.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you have your cmdlet called Use-MyCmdlet as C# code in the file mycode.cs:<\/p>\n

\n
PS> [string<\/span>] $code = Get-Content mycode.cs
PS> $s = New-PSSession remoteHost
PS> Invoke-Command $s `
    {(Add-Type -TypeDefinition $args[0] -PassThru).assembly | Import-Module} `
    -ArgumentList $code
PS> Invoke-Command $s {Use-MyCmdlet}
PS> Remove-PSSession $s
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<\/div>\n
This example gets the C# code as a string and starts a remote session.<\/div>\n
It then compiles the code in the remote session with Add-Type and passes the resulting assembly object to import-module.<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
The cmdlet Use-MyCmdlet is invoked in the remote session which is then removed, with no need to remove any intermediate files on the remote system.\n  <\/div>\n
Nigel Sharples [MSFT]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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