Creating APICodePack Functions

I want to return to the project using the APICodePack library. You might want to review the previous articles to refresh your memory. I know I had to so I could remember where I left off. As a reminder, we are using a forked update of the Microsoft assemblies that have been updated. You will need to get version 1.1.5 of the Microsoft-WindowsAPI-CodePack-Core and Microsoft-WindowsAPI-CodePack-Shell packages. Note the dash and not a period. Here’s the code I use to install the packages and extract the files:

Install-Package Microsoft-WindowsAPICodePack-Core -RequiredVersion 1.1.5 -Force -Scope AllUsers
Install-Package Microsoft-WindowsAPICodePack-Shell -RequiredVersion 1.1.5 -Force -Scope AllUsers

Get-ChildItem (Get-Package Microsoft-WindowsApiCodePack-Core).source |
Copy-Item -Destination C:\temp\CodePack-Core.zip -PassThru |
Expand-Archive -DestinationPath C:\temp\CodePack-Core -Force

Get-ChildItem (Get-Package Microsoft-WindowsApiCodePack-Shell).source |
Copy-Item -Destination C:\temp\CodePack-Shell.zip -PassThru |
Expand-Archive -DestinationPath C:\temp\CodePack-Shell -Force

You’ll want to load the version appropriate to your version of the .NET Framework in PowerShell.

dir C:\temp\CodePack-Core\lib

    Directory: C:\temp\CodePack-Core\lib

Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                net452
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                net462
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                net472
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                net48
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                net481
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                net6.0-windows7.0
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                net7.0-windows7.0
d----           10/8/2023  4:27 PM                netcoreapp3.1