How can I run multiple powershell commands in a C#/powershell runspace?

turbosupramk3

For example the code below

Pipeline pipeline = runspacee.CreatePipeline();

pipeline.Commands.Add(command1);
pipeline.Commands.Add(command2);

var exResults = pipeline.Invoke();

powershell.AddCommand("set-adserversettings")
.AddParameter("viewentireforest", true)
.AddParameter(";");

powershell.AddCommand("set-userphoto")
.AddParameter("Identity", tbxName.Text)
.AddParameter("picturedata", displayedImage)
.AddParameter("DomainController", "12-34-56-01.XXX.XXX.XXXX.XXX")
.AddParameter("confirm ", false)
.AddParameter(";");

Lost User

... and your question is?

turbosupramk3

How can I run the code above in C#? I can run single powershell commands, but nothing requiring multiple commands such as the example code I posted. For example, I could run set-userphoto, but if I have to import a module or set-adserversettings, I cannot get that to work?

Lost User

What is contained in command1 and command2 in your code snippet? And what results or errors do you see?

turbosupramk3

I should have removed the command1 and command2, those were just additional ways of me trying the same thing. Sorry about that. Error message is

Quote:

- The term 'Import-Module' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. - System.Management.Automation - at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvoke[TOutput](IEnumerable input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings) at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Invoke(IEnumerable input, PSInvocationSettings settings) at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Invoke(IEnumerable input) at System.Management.Automation.RemotePipeline.Invoke(IEnumerable input) at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Pipeline.Invoke() at exchangePictureUpdater.exchangePictureUpdater.btnAddReplace_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) - Void CoreInvoke[TOutput](System.Collections.IEnumerable, System.Management.Automation.PSDataCollection`1[TOutput], System.Management.Automation.PSInvocationSettings) |

Command command1 = new Command("set-adserversettings");
CommandParameter parameter1 = new CommandParameter("viewentireforest", true);
command1.Parameters.Add(parameter1);

Command command2 = new Command("set-userphoto");
CommandParameter parameter2a = new CommandParameter("identity", tbxName.Text);
CommandParameter parameter2b = new CommandParameter("picturedata", displayedImage);
CommandParameter parameter2c = new CommandParameter("domaincontroller", "adfadfadf.com");
CommandParameter parameter2d = new CommandParameter("confirm", false);
command2.Parameters.Add(parameter2a);
command2.Parameters.Add(parameter2b);
command2.Parameters.Add(parameter2c);
command2.Parameters.Add(parameter2d);

Pipeline pipeline = runspacee.CreatePipeline();

pipeline.Commands.Add(command1);
pipeline.Commands.Add(command2);

Lost User

Where does that occur?

turbosupramk3

results = pipeline.Invoke() I need a working example of how to do this, and after that I can modify it to my own needs

turbosupramk3

Here is what I ended up doing, this allows me to create a script in a string with multiple commands, it processes 1 command at a time and then creates a runspace in c# and runs all of the powershell commands

string scriptText = @"$pw = convertto-securestring -AsPlainText -Force -String ''; $cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist '\', $pw; $session = new-pssession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri '/powershell' -credential $cred; import-pssession $session; Set-ExecutionPolicy bypass -confirm:$false -force; $pic = ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('" + + "')); set-userphoto -identity -picturedata $pic -domaincontroller '' -confirm:$false;";

            runExchangeShellScript(scriptText);

private string runExchangeShellScript(string scriptText)
{

        Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace();

        // open it
        runspace.Open();

        // create a pipeline and feed it the script text
        Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline();
        pipeline.Commands.AddScript(scriptText);
        RunspaceInvoke runSpaceInvoker = new RunspaceInvoke(runspace);
        runSpaceInvoker.Invoke("Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted");

        // add an extra command to transform the script output objects into nicely formatted strings
        // remove this line to get the actual objects that the script returns. For example, the script
        // "Get-Process" returns a collection of System.Diagnostics.Process instances.
        //pipeline.Commands.Add("Out-String");

        // execute the script
        Collection<PSObject> results = null;
        try
        {
            results = pipeline.Invoke();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.InnerException + " - " + ex.Message + " - " + ex.Source + " - " + ex.StackTrace + " - " + ex.TargetSite + " - " + ex.Data);
            return "";
        }


        // close the runspace
        runspace.Close();

        // convert the script result into a single string
        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        foreach (PSObject ob