How to using COM Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary in LINQPad 8

rovingwind

In Visual Studio, I can using IWshRuntimeLibrary by add COM reference "Windows Script Host Object Model".
How to achieve in LINQPad 8.

i2van

AFAIK there is no NuGet for this.

How I did it for LINQPad 8 x86/x64 .NET 9

Ran Developer Command Prompt for VS.

Copied file c:\windows\system32\wshom.ocx somewhere I have write access to.

Ran tlbimp for that file and got IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll

tlbimp wshom.ocx

Output:

Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Type Library to Assembly Converter 4.8.3928.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

TlbImp : warning TI3002 : Importing a type library into a platform agnostic assembly.  This can cause errors if the type library is not truly platform agnostic.
TlbImp : Type library imported to IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll

IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll:

// IWshRuntimeLibrary, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
// Global type: <Module>
// Architecture: AnyCPU (64-bit preferred)
// Runtime: v4.0.30319
// Hash algorithm: SHA1

Created new script:

var sh = new IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell(); // Use WshShell instead of WshShellClass!
sh.CurrentDirectory.Dump();

Pressed F4 > Additional References > Add / Browse...

Ran test script.

You might also need to pay attention to bitness. Also you might have to specify STAThread attribute for Main.

rovingwind

Thx i2van, it works perfectly.