Add-Type - Powershell 2.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

Add-Type

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Short description
Adds a Microsoft .NET Framework type (a class) to a Windows PowerShell session.

Syntax
Add-Type -AssemblyName <string[]> [-IgnoreWarnings] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]
    
    Add-Type [-Name] <string> [-MemberDefinition] <string[]> [-CodeDomProvider <CodeDomProvider>] [-CompilerParameters 
    <CompilerParameters>] [-Language {CSharp | CSharpVersion3 | VisualBasic | JScript}] [-Namespace <string>] [-OutputA
    ssembly <string>] [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-ReferencedAssemblies <string[]>] [-UsingNamespace <string[]>
    ] [-IgnoreWarnings] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]
    
    Add-Type [-Path] <string[]> [-CompilerParameters <CompilerParameters>] [-OutputAssembly <string>] [-OutputType <Out
    putAssemblyType>] [-ReferencedAssemblies <string[]>] [-IgnoreWarnings] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]
    
    Add-Type [-TypeDefinition] <string> [-CodeDomProvider <CodeDomProvider>] [-CompilerParameters <CompilerParameters>]
     [-Language {CSharp | CSharpVersion3 | VisualBasic | JScript}] [-OutputAssembly <string>] [-OutputType <OutputAssem
    blyType>] [-ReferencedAssemblies <string[]>] [-IgnoreWarnings] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]

Description
The Add-Type cmdlet lets you define a .NET Framework class in your Windows PowerShell session. You can then instantiate objects (by using the New-Object cmdlet) and use the objects, just as you would use any .NET Framework object.If you add an Add-Type command to your Windows PowerShell profile, the class will be available in all Windows PowerShell sessions.
    
You can specify the type by specifying an existing assembly or source code files, or you can specify the source code inline or saved in a variable. You can even specify only a method and Add-Type will define and generate the class. You can use this feature to make Platform Invoke (P/Invoke) calls to unmanaged functions in Windows PowerShell. If you specify source code, Add-Type compiles the specified source code and generates an in-memory assembly that contains the new .NET Framework types.
    
You can use the parameters of Add-Type to specify an alternate language and compiler (CSharp is the default), compiler options, assembly dependencies, the class namespace, the names of the type, and the resulting assembly.