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Ben Gribaudo
Ben Gribaudo

Reputation: 5147

Debugging - Step into PowerShell Script Executed via API

I'm using System.Management.Automation.PowerShell to programmatically execute a PowerShell script from C# application. The PowerShell script loads a .Net dll which it uses to perform its activities.

var script = "Add-Type -Path 'MyLibrary.dll'; ....";

using (var powershell = PowerShell.Create()) {
    powershell.AddScript(script);

    powershell.Invoke();
}

Is it possible to somehow connect Visual Studio's debugger to the PowerShell object instance so that the debugger can seamlessly step from the C# application into the PowerShell script and from that script into MyLibrary.dll (assuming I have symbols for the dll)?

Edit: Based on the below, it appears that there may not be a way to seamlessly flow debugging in Visual Studio from C# to PowerShell. However, it is possible to use VS to debug the C# code that launches and that is launched by PowerShell.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 481

Answers (1)

Jack Zhai
Jack Zhai

Reputation: 6436

You could debug the dll file by calling the following in your helper class:

System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();

Upvotes: 1

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