Using Universe Desing Tool COM SDK with Powershell

Hello,
I would like to use Universe Design Tool COM SDK in Powershell (instead of Excel and VBA). I was trying to import Designer.dll in Powershell but getting error:
PS C:\Windows\system32> [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86\Designer.dll")
Exception calling "LoadFrom" with "1" argument(s): "Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86\Designer.dll' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest."
At line:1 char:1
+ [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadImageFormatException
Any idea is it possible and how to use Designer.dll from Powershell?
Many thanks and regards

I was trying that already, unfortunately the same issue:
PS C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86> [Reflection.Assembly]::Lo
adFrom("C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86\designer.exe")
Exception calling "LoadFrom" with "1" argument(s): "Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP
BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86\designer.exe' or one of its dependencies. The module w
as expected to contain an assembly manifest."
At line:1 char:1
+ [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadImageFormatException

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