PowerShell Runspace in Silverlight Class Library (shared with WPF class library)

Question

I have a Silverlight Library project that is linked to from a WPF application (shared .xaml and .cs code).

I am trying to add a class to start powershell runspace and execute some commands. Yet I cannot add the reference to the Silverlight library and I get this error:

What reference should I add to Silverlight library so I can invoke PowerShell cmdlets?

Answer 1

You can't do that as you've discovered because the PowerShell engine was built against the desktop CLR. You create another C# library to put the PowerShell code into. You could also put the code into a Portable Class library that targets both NET 4.0 and Silverlight 4 and higher. I was able to successfully add a reference to the System.Management.Automation assembly but that's no guarantee it will work.