Unable to find type [System Web Security Membership]

[bush3102]

Powershell Studio Version: 2020
Powershell version: 7 - 64 bit

I have a button that I want to generate a random password using the following code that will show the password in a textbox for the user to see. However, when I run the script I get the following error message: Unable to find type (periods should be between words) [System Web Security Membership]

But this script works fine, in regular Powershell ISE version 5.1.

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$buttonGeneratePassword_Click={
	#TODO: Place custom script here
	
	add-type -AssemblyName System.Web -PassThru
	
	$minLength = 15 ## characters
	$maxLength = 25 ## characters
	$length = Get-Random -Minimum $minLength -Maximum $maxLength
	$nonAlphaChars = 5
	$password = [System Web Security Membership]::GeneratePassword($length, $nonAlphaChars)
		
	$txtbxPassword.Text = $password
	
}

[bush3102]

System.Web.DLL is not part of .NetCore and will not work with Powershell 7. So I have to create my own password generator.

[jvierra]

PowerShell 7 does not support subsystems that are Windows only and should not be used except when it is necessary to run code on non-windows systems. The module will never be available on non-windows systems due to architecture differences and products. Tis module is for IIS and SharePoint only.

[bush3102]

PowerShell 7 does not support subsystems that are Windows only and should not be used except when it is necessary to run code on non-windows systems. The module will never be available on non-windows systems due to architecture differences and products. This module is for IIS and SharePoint only.

I was trying to use the Generate Password portion of System.Web. However, I went with the following password generator on GitHub.