# Add-Type

{% hint style="danger" %}
Using Add-Type to compile C# assembly, the source code will temporarily be written to disk. 
{% endhint %}

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## Example code:&#x20;

The [GetUserName](http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/advapi32/GetUserName.html) function retrieves the name of the user associated with the current thread.

```powershell
powershell
$advapi32 = @'
    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    public static extern bool GetUserName(System.Text.StringBuilder sb, ref Int32 length);
'@

Add-Type -MemberDefinition $advapi32 -Namespace Advapi32 -Name Util

$size = 64
$str = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder -ArgumentList $size

[Advapi32.util]::GetUserName($str,[ref]$size) | Out-Null
$str.ToString()
```

{% embed url="<https://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/advapi32.getusername>" %}


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