ISE Snippets

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#Create custom snippets

$snippet1 = @{
    Title = "New-Snippet";
    Description = "Create a New Snippet";
    Text = @"
`$snippet = @{
    Title = `"Put Title Here`";
    Description = `"Description Here`";
    Text = @`"
    Code in Here
`"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet
"@
}
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#TRY Catch Custom Objects
$snippet = @{
    Title = "Try/Catch/Custom Objects";
    Description = "A great way to get good streamlined output while Try/Catching";
    Text = @"
        try {`$a=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ErrorAction Stop -ComputerName $name}
   catch{`$a= [pscustomobject]@{Name=`$name;Domain="Access Denied"}}
   [pscustomobject]@{RUM_Name=`$name;ReplyName=`$a.Name;Domain=`$a.Domain}
"@
}
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#PS Custom Object
$snippet = @{
    Title = "Custom Object";
    Description = "I always forget how to do this!";
    Text = @"
      [pscustomobject]@{Column1='PutCodeToCalculateMeHere';Column2="Put code here"}
"@
}
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#Sample Progress bar

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Write Progress Sample";
    Description = "Progress and how to do it";
    Text = @"
    #sample range of numbers
    `$users = (1..13000)

    #setting up base number
    `$i=0

    ForEach (`$user in `$users){
        #increment
        `$i++ 

        #Round the numbers up for a nice output and then Write-Progress
        Write-Progress -Activity "Processing `$user" -PercentComplete ((`$i/`$users.Count) * 100) -Status ("`$i out of " + `$users.Count +" completed "+[math]::Round(((`$i/`$users.Count) * 100),2) +" %")
        }
"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet

#Old Fashioned Custom Objects

   $snippet = @{
       Title = "PS 2.0 Custom Objects";
       Description = "Old Fashioned Custom Objects";
       Text = @"
       `$ObjectProperties = @{
Name = `$user
RecipientType=`$mbx.RecipientType
LastLoggedOnUserAccount=`$mbxstat.LastLoggedOnUserAccount
LastLogOffTime=`$mbxstat.LastLogOffTime
LastLogonTime=`$mbxstat.LastLogonTime
}
`$obj = New-Object PSObject -Property `$ObjectProperties

"@
   }
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#Old School try/catch custom Object
$snippet = @{
    Title = "Old School try/catch custom object ";
    Description = "Using try/catch to create custom objects is a great way to capture information succinctly.  However, the [PSCustomObject] Accelerator/casting only work on PS 3 and up.  This example uses old school Items to get around that";
    Text = @"
    `$users | ForEach-Object {
    `$name = `$_
    try {`$a=Get-mailbox `$name -erroraction Stop}
   catch{   `$ObjectProperties = @{
        Name = `$name
        HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled="MBX Not Found"
        }
        `$a = New-Object PSObject -Property `$ObjectProperties}

       `$ObjectProperties = @{
            Name = `$name
            HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled=`$a.HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled
            }
        New-Object PSObject -Property `$ObjectProperties
   }
"@
}
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#Popup message
$snippet = @{
    Title = "Popup Message";
    Description = "Add a simple pop-up message";
    Text = @"
    `$msg = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
    `$msg.Popup("Hi Chris", 5, "DeadMau5", 48)

"@
}
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#Wait for file to change
$snippet = @{
    Title = "Wait For File to Change";
    Description = "Wait for File to change While Example";
    Text = @"
    `$Initial_LastWriteTime = get-item .\upload.txt | Select -ExpandProperty LastWriteTime

    #Will Only exit the loop if the file changes
    While(`$Initial_LastWriteTime -eq ( get-item .\upload.txt | Select -ExpandProperty LastWriteTime)){"Waiting for the file to change...";start-sleep 5}

    "File changed!"
    #DO STUFF HERE
"@
}
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#Calculated Properties
$snippet = @{
    Title = "Calculated Properties";
    Description = "Use to make custom selections ";
    Text = @'
     Select-Object @{Name=‘ComputerName‘;Expression={$_.ComputerName}},`
       @{Name=‘User’;Expression={$_.UserName}},`

'@
}

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#install the XAML based GUI snippet
$snippet = @{
    Title = "Make a GUI with XAML and WPF";
    Description = "Create your GUI in minutes in Visual Studio then paste it here";
    Text = @'
    #ERASE ALL THIS AND PUT XAML BELOW between the @" "@ 
$inputXML = @"
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
 xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
 xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
 xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication2"
 mc:Ignorable="d"
 Title="FoxDeploy Awesome Tool" Height="416.794" Width="598.474" Topmost="True">
 <Grid Margin="0,0,45,0">
 </Grid>
</Window>

"@ 

$inputXML = $inputXML -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"','' -replace "x:N",'N' -replace '^<Win.*', '<Window'
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('presentationframework')
[xml]$XAML = $inputXML
#Read XAML

    $reader=(New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml) 
  try{$Form=[Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load( $reader )}
catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] {
    Write-Warning "We ran into a problem with the XAML code.  Check the syntax for this control..."
    write-host $error[0].Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red
    if ($error[0].Exception.Message -like "*button*"){
        write-warning "Ensure your &lt;button in the `$inputXML does NOT have a Click=ButtonClick property.  PS can't handle this`n`n`n`n"}
}
catch{#if it broke some other way 😀
    Write-Host "Unable to load Windows.Markup.XamlReader. Double-check syntax and ensure .net is installed."
        }

#===========================================================================
# Store Form Objects In PowerShell
#===========================================================================

$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | %{Set-Variable -Name "WPF$($_.Name)" -Value $Form.FindName($_.Name)}

Function Get-FormVariables{
if ($global:ReadmeDisplay -ne $true){Write-host "If you need to reference this display again, run Get-FormVariables" -ForegroundColor Yellow;$global:ReadmeDisplay=$true}
write-host "Found the following interactable elements from our form" -ForegroundColor Cyan
get-variable WPF*
}

Get-FormVariables

#===========================================================================
    # Use this space to add code to the various form elements in your GUI
    #===========================================================================
                                                                   
    
    #Reference 

    #Adding items to a dropdown/combo box
      #$vmpicklistView.items.Add([pscustomobject]@{'VMName'=($_).Name;Status=$_.Status;Other="Yes"})
    
    #Setting the text of a text box to the current PC name    
      #$WPFtextBox.Text = $env:COMPUTERNAME
    
    #Adding code to a button, so that when clicked, it pings a system
    # $WPFbutton.Add_Click({ Test-connection -count 1 -ComputerName $WPFtextBox.Text
    # })
    #===========================================================================
    # Shows the form
    #===========================================================================
write-host "To show the form, run the following" -ForegroundColor Cyan
'$Form.ShowDialog() | out-null'



'@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet

One of the best features of the PowerShell ISE is the presence of Snippets, a great engine to fill in code-snippets for common tasks.  I pretty much use this every single day!

Snippets0Negative1
Hit Control+J to display the snippet menu. You can hover over for more info and detailed syntax.

Making a new Snippet is kind of difficult though.  I found this wonderful little snippet that allows you to easily create more snippets.  I know.  Snippets in Snippets?  Not sure if it is more Ludacris or Inception though…

Rob the PowerShell DBA had this awesome snippet on his blog.

$snippet1 = @{
    Title = "New-Snippet";
    Description = "Create a New Snippet";
    Text = @"
`$snippet = @{
    Title = `"Put Title Here`";
    Description = `"Description Here`";
    Text = @`"
    Code in Here
`"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet
"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet1 –Force

From <http://sqldbawithabeard.com/2014/09/09/powershell-snippets-a-great-learning-tool/>

What does it do? Well, after running this in the ISE, you can hit Control+J and bam, an easy to fill in form to create a nice new Snippet.

Snippets00
You’ll use this on a weekly basis!

Fill in the values and hit F5 to create the snippet.

I love this so much, here are a bunch of snippets I use everywhere.

Custom Objects using Try/Catch

I made a whole blog post about doing this. It’s now my go-to standard when making information gathering tools.

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Try/Catch/Custom Objects";
    Description = "A great way to get good streamlined output while Try/Catching";
    Text = @"
        try {`$a=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ErrorAction Stop -ComputerName $name}
   catch{`$a= [pscustomobject]@{Name=`$name;Domain="Access Denied"}}
   [pscustomobject]@{RUM_Name=`$name;ReplyName=`$a.Name;Domain=`$a.Domain}
"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet

Quick PS Custom Object

Sometimes you just need to grab a bunch of info about a thing and make it a single object. Here’s how:

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Custom Object";
    Description = "I always forget how to do this!";
    Text = @"
       #Add more columns to the object by adding extra key/values
      [pscustomobject]@{Name=$name;Domain="Access Denied"}
"@
}

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Progress Bar within ForEach Loop

This looks easy but I would forget how to do it constantly.

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Write Progress Sample";
    Description = "Progress and how to do it";
    Text = @"
    #sample range of numbers
    `$users = (1..13000)

    #setting up base number
    `$i=0

    ForEach (`$user in `$users){
        #increment
        `$i++ 

        #Round the numbers up for a nice output and then Write-Progress
        Write-Progress -Activity "Processing `$user" -PercentComplete ((`$i/`$users.Count) * 100) -Status ("`$i out of " + `$users.Count +" completed "+[math]::Round(((`$i/`$users.Count) * 100),2) +" %")
        }
"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet

PowerShell V1 Custom Object Format

Sometimes you have to work on ancient systems and forget how to make old-school custom objects. Never again! This example is based on capturing the output of Get-MailboxStatistics within $mbx.

 $snippet = @{
       Title = "PS 2.0 Custom Objects";
       Description = "Old Fashioned Custom Objects";
       Text = @"
       `$ObjectProperties = @{
Name = `$user
RecipientType=`$mbx.RecipientType
LastLoggedOnUserAccount=`$mbxstat.LastLoggedOnUserAccount
LastLogOffTime=`$mbxstat.LastLogOffTime
LastLogonTime=`$mbxstat.LastLogonTime
}
`$obj = New-Object PSObject -Property `$ObjectProperties

"@
   }
   New-IseSnippet @snippet

Old-School Custom Objects using Try/Catch

A repeat of my first Custom Object loop, this time with Pre-V2 objects

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Old School try/catch custom object ";
    Description = "Using try/catch to create custom objects is a great way to capture information succinctly.  However, the [PSCustomObject] Accelerator/casting only work on PS 3 and up.  This example uses old school Items to get around that";
    Text = @"
    `$users | ForEach-Object {
    `$name = `$_
    try {`$a=Get-mailbox `$name -erroraction Stop}
   catch{   `$ObjectProperties = @{
        Name = `$name
        HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled="MBX Not Found"
        }
        `$a = New-Object PSObject -Property `$ObjectProperties}

       `$ObjectProperties = @{
            Name = `$name
            HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled=`$a.HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled
            }
        New-Object PSObject -Property `$ObjectProperties
   }
"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet

Display a Popup Prompt

This is a shorty, but a useful one!

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Popup Message";
    Description = "Add a simple pop-up message";
    Text = @"
    `$msg = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
    `$msg.Popup("Hi Chris", 5, "DeadMau5", 48)

"@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet

Sample REST Method using Push

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Sample REST Method Request";
    Description = "Use this sample to perform a Post Method using Invoke-RestMethod";
    Text = @"
 if (`$Type -eq 'Address'){
    {Write-Verbose "Sending an Address"&lt;#SendaMessagestuff#&gt;
                `$body = @{
                    type = "address"
                    title = `$Placename
                    address = `$PlaceAddress
                    }

      }
    `$Sendattempt = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri `$PushURL -Credential `$cred -Method Post -Body `$body -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    If (`$Sendattempt.StatusCode -eq "200"){Write-Verbose "OK"}
        else {Write-Warning "error encountered, check ``$attempt for more info"
              `$global:Sendattempt = `$Sendattempt  }
    }
"@
}
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Using WPF in PowerShell

If you want to create forms in Visual Studio, use this snippet. Simply copy and paste from Visual Studio.

$snippet = @{
    Title = "Make a GUI with XAML and WPF";
    Description = "Create your GUI in minutes in Visual Studio then paste it here";
    Text = @'
    #ERASE ALL THIS AND PUT XAML BELOW between the @" "@ 
$inputXML = @"
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
 xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
 xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
 xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication2"
 mc:Ignorable="d"
 Title="FoxDeploy Awesome Tool" Height="416.794" Width="598.474" Topmost="True">
 <Grid Margin="0,0,45,0">
 </Grid>
</Window>

"@ 

$inputXML = $inputXML -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"','' -replace "x:N",'N' -replace '^<Win.*', '<Window'
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('presentationframework')
[xml]$XAML = $inputXML
#Read XAML

    $reader=(New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml) 
  try{$Form=[Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load( $reader )}
catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] {
    Write-Warning "We ran into a problem with the XAML code.  Check the syntax for this control..."
    write-host $error[0].Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red
    if ($error[0].Exception.Message -like "*button*"){
        write-warning "Ensure your &lt;button in the `$inputXML does NOT have a Click=ButtonClick property.  PS can't handle this`n`n`n`n"}
}
catch{#if it broke some other way 😀
    Write-Host "Unable to load Windows.Markup.XamlReader. Double-check syntax and ensure .net is installed."
        }

#===========================================================================
# Store Form Objects In PowerShell
#===========================================================================

$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | %{Set-Variable -Name "WPF$($_.Name)" -Value $Form.FindName($_.Name)}

Function Get-FormVariables{
if ($global:ReadmeDisplay -ne $true){Write-host "If you need to reference this display again, run Get-FormVariables" -ForegroundColor Yellow;$global:ReadmeDisplay=$true}
write-host "Found the following interactable elements from our form" -ForegroundColor Cyan
get-variable WPF*
}

Get-FormVariables

#===========================================================================
# Actually make the objects work
#===========================================================================
                                                               

#Reference Sample entry of how to add data to a field
    #$vmpicklistView.items.Add([pscustomobject]@{'VMName'=($_).Name;Status=$_.Status;Other="Yes"})
    #$WPFtextBox.Text = $env:COMPUTERNAME
    #$WPFbutton.Add_Click({$WPFlistView.Items.Clear();start-sleep -Milliseconds 840;Get-DiskInfo -computername $WPFtextBox.Text | % {$WPFlistView.AddChild($_)}  })

#===========================================================================
# Shows the form
#===========================================================================
write-host "To show the form, run the following" -ForegroundColor Cyan
'$Form.ShowDialog() | out-null'



'@
}
New-IseSnippet @snippet
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One thought on “ISE Snippets”

  1. KL April 23, 2017 / 9:49 am

    Hi Stephen, thanks for your work done here.
    It is really useful.
    Everyone start programming in powershell should see your blog.

    Reply

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