kentico-vs-powershell-dlls.ps1

# Configure path to the root of your web project
$webRoot = "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Kentico\CMS\"

$bin = $webRoot + "bin\"
# Load settings from web.config
[System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.SetData("APP_CONFIG_FILE", $webRoot + "web.config")
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Configuration
[Configuration.ConfigurationManager].GetField("s_initState", "NonPublic, Static").SetValue($null, 0)
[Configuration.ConfigurationManager].GetField("s_configSystem", "NonPublic, Static").SetValue($null, $null)
([Configuration.ConfigurationManager].Assembly.GetTypes() | where {$_.FullName -eq "System.Configuration.ClientConfigPaths"})[0].GetField("s_current", "NonPublic, Static").SetValue($null, $null)

# Add DLL resolution path
[System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.AppendPrivatePath($bin);

# Load CMSDependencies
Get-ChildItem -recurse "$webRoot\CMSDependencies\"|Where-Object {($_.Extension -EQ ".dll")} | ForEach-Object { $AssemblyName=$_.FullName; Try {Add-Type -Path $AssemblyName} Catch{ "Failed to load assembly: " + $AssemblyName + " " + $_.Exception.LoaderExceptions}} 

# Load all assemblies from \bin\ (to be sure that all handlers get attached etc.)
Get-ChildItem -recurse "$bin"|Where-Object {($_.Extension -EQ ".dll")} | ForEach-Object { $AssemblyName=$_.FullName; Try {Add-Type -Path $AssemblyName} Catch{ "Failed to load assembly: " + $AssemblyName + " " + $_.Exception.LoaderExceptions}} 

# Optionally, replace the above with loading only the minimum set of assemblies
#$references = @(("CMS.Base.dll"),("CMS.DataEngine.dll"),("CMS.DataProviderSQL.dll"),("CMS.Membership.dll")) | Foreach-Object{ $bin + $_ }
#Add-Type -Path $references

# If the API you are going to use is about to touch the file system set the web application root path
#[CMS.Base.SystemContext]::WebApplicationPhysicalPath = $webRoot

# Initialize application
"Application initialized:" + [CMS.DataEngine.CMSApplication]::Init();

# Get users
$user = [CMS.Membership.UserInfoProvider]::GetUserInfo("administrator")
$user.UserNickName = "Joe"
[CMS.Membership.UserInfoProvider]::SetUserInfo($user)