I’d like to write a program that effectively “pipes” Powershell, so that I can send commands and parse the responses in C++, without actually opening the prompt on the screen.
Any tips?
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I’d like to write a program that effectively “pipes” Powershell, so that I can send commands and parse the responses in C++, without actually opening the prompt on the screen.
Any tips?
You can certainly do this but you’ll need to use managed code as PowerShell’s architecture is based entirely on the CLR object model.
I’m not sure of the C++ syntax but you can start with the PowerShell class in System.Management.Automation.dll and use its static Create method to create an instance to which you can pipe data and run commands.