How can I source variables from a .bat file into a PowerShell script?

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If you are using the PowerShell Community Extensions, it has a Invoke-BatchFile that does this. I use with the Visual Studio vcvarsall.bat file to configure my PowerShell session to use the Visual Studio tools.

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