McPowerShell 0.1.2

.NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package McPowerShell --version 0.1.2
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package McPowerShell -Version 0.1.2
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="McPowerShell" Version="0.1.2" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="McPowerShell" Version="0.1.2" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="McPowerShell" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add McPowerShell --version 0.1.2
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: McPowerShell, 0.1.2"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package McPowerShell@0.1.2
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=McPowerShell&version=0.1.2
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=McPowerShell&version=0.1.2
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

McPowerShell

McPowerShell is a .NET Standard 2.0 library so the same package can be consumed from both:

  • Windows PowerShell 5.1 hosts
  • PowerShell 7+ hosts

Target strategy

The project targets:

  • netstandard2.0

The library compiles against PowerShellStandard.Library, which provides the shared PowerShell API surface intended for code that must run on both Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7+.

PowerShell SDK references

McPowerShell.csproj references:

  • PowerShellStandard.Library for compile-time compatibility

At runtime:

  • Windows PowerShell 5.1 hosts provide the Windows PowerShell implementation
  • PowerShell 7+ hosts provide the System.Management.Automation implementation

Why this approach

Because McPowerShell exposes PowerShell SDK types directly (PowerShell, PSObject, stream records, invocation state, etc.), the safest reusable contract is the PowerShell Standard surface shared by both hosts.

This keeps the library portable while allowing the host application to decide whether it runs against PowerShell 5.1 or PowerShell 7.

Building

dotnet build .\McPowerShell\McPowerShell.csproj

Consuming

  • A Windows PowerShell 5.1 host can consume the library from a .NET Framework-based host.
  • A modern .NET / PowerShell 7 host can consume the same library and provide the newer runtime implementation.

Companion project: McPowerShellRx

McPowerShellRx adds Reactive Extensions helpers over McPowerShell events.

Current helpers include:

  • ObserveOutput()
  • ObserveErrors()
  • ObserveInvocationState()
  • ObserveOutputWithState()

This project also targets netstandard2.0 and references System.Reactive.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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