Thomas Lee's PowerShell Scripts

Test-FileOpen

2012-02-07T20:17:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script defines a function that tests to see if a file is open. .DESCRIPTION This script used the System.Io.FileStream class and the FileInfo class to try to open a file stream for write. If it fails, we return $false , Read More......(read more)

New-SpanishCulture.ps1

2012-01-22T14:50:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script creates a Spanish cultureinfo object with a traditional sort and another with an international sort. The script then compares them. .DESCRIPTION This script re-implements an MSDN sample. .NOTES File Name : New-SpanishCulture.ps1 Read More......(read more)

Show-ChineeseParentCulture.ps1

2012-01-22T14:04:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script displays the parent culture of each specific culture using the Chinese language. .DESCRIPTION This script looks at each Chineese culture and displays the culture name and the parent. .NOTES File Name : Show-ChineeseParentCulture Read More......(read more)

Show-MessageBox.ps1

2011-12-30T15:33:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script displays a message box and then processes it .DESCRIPTION This script firsts creates a wscript.shell object and invokes the popup method to display a message. The script then processes the response to the geroup (timeout, yes, no). .NOTES File Name : Show-MessageBox.ps1 Read More......(read more)

Get-PortAndProtocolFromUrl.ps1

2011-12-12T12:35:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script strips out a port and protocol number from a URL .DESCRIPTION This script creates a regular expression reged then uses it to match against the URL to get the protocol and port. This is a re-write of the MSDN sample. .NOTES Read More......(read more)

Confirm-ValidEmailAddress.ps1

2011-12-07T20:35:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script validates email addresses based on MSFT published Regular Expression. This is a re-write with PowerShell of an existing bit of MSDN sample code .DESCRIPTION This script first creates a function to validate Read More......(read more)

Show-FileInformation.ps1

2011-11-20T14:18:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script displays information returned from the file version object. .DESCRIPTION This script gets, then displays, all the information returned from the System.Diagnostics.Fileinfo of Notepad.exe .NOTES File Name : Show-FileInformation Read More......(read more)

ShowFileDescription.ps1

2011-11-13T13:00:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script shows the build description of file version object. .DESCRIPTION This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get the description of the file. .NOTES File Name Read More......(read more)

Show-FileBuildPart.ps1

2011-11-13T12:32:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script shows the build number of file version object. .DESCRIPTION This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get the build identification of the file. .NOTES File Name Read More......(read more)

Show-NumberPadding3.ps1

2011-11-12T14:23:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS Shows formatting of double values. .DESCRIPTION This script, a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample, creates a double value then formats it with 5 leading zeros. .NOTES File Name : Show-NumberPadding3.ps1 Read More......(read more)

Show-NumberPadding1.ps1

2011-11-12T13:54:00Z

Technorati Tags: PowerShell , Formatting , ToString() , script , code < # .SYNOPSIS Shows formatting of leading Zeros .DESCRIPTION This script, a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample, creates several numbers of varying type, then displays them using .NET Formatting. The second set Read More......(read more)

Show-FileVersionCompanyName

2011-11-10T16:24:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script shows the company name of a file version object .DESCRIPTION This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get the company name ( if it exists). .NOTES File Name Read More......(read more)

Show-FileVersionComments.ps1

2011-11-10T16:12:00Z

Open-WordDocument.ps1

2011-11-09T18:28:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script opens a word document using PowerShell .DESCRIPTION This script re-implments a simple MSDN script to open a word document using VBA. IT Pros using PowerShell might also make use of to create rich documents as output from a script. Read More......(read more)

Show-TimeSpan.ps1

2011-11-09T00:50:00Z

< # .SYNOPSIS This script, a re-implementation of an MSDN sample, shows details of a timespan object .DESCRIPTION This script re-implements a simple MSDN script that creates a timespan object and displays its properties. .NOTES File Name : Show Read More......(read more)