Use a COM Object

1. Problem

You want to create a COM object to interact with its methods and properties.

2. Solution

Use the New-Object cmdlet (with the –ComObject parameter) to create a COM object from its ProgID. You can then interact with the methods and properties of the COM object as you would any other object in PowerShell.

        $object = New-Object -ComObject ProgId

For example:

        PS >$sapi = New-Object -Com Sapi.SpVoice

        PS >$sapi.Speak("Hello World")

3. Discussion

Historically, many applications have exposed their scripting and administration inter-faces as COM objects. While .NET APIs (and PowerShell cmdlets) are becoming more common, interacting with COM objects is still a common administrative task.