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08-19-2010
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Use-Culture
  1. <# 
  2.     .SYNOPSIS 
  3.         Executes PowerShell Code using specified culture 
  4.     .DESCRIPTION 
  5.         Temporarily switches culture from your default culture to another culture. 
  6.     .PARAMETER  culture 
  7.         Culture id for the culture you want to use, i.e. en-US for English culture, or de-DE for German culture 
  8.     .PARAMETER  code 
  9.         PowerShell code you want to run using the specified culture 
  10.     .EXAMPLE 
  11.         Use-Culture en-US {Get-Date} 
  12.         outputs the current date in US format 
  13.     .EXAMPLE 
  14.         Use-Culture de-DE {Get-Date} 
  15.         outputs the current date in German format 
  16.     .EXAMPLE 
  17.         Use-Culture ar-IQ {Get-Date} 
  18.         outputs the current date in Iraq format 
  19.     .NOTES 
  20.         Use this command to get a list of all supported culture IDs: 
  21.          [system.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures('AllCultures') 
  22.     .LINK 
  23.         http://www.powershell.com 
  24. #> 
  25.  
  26. function Use-Culture { 
  27.     param( 
  28.             [System.Globalization.CultureInfo] 
  29.             [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] 
  30.             $culture, 
  31.             [ScriptBlock] 
  32.             [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] 
  33.             $code 
  34.         ) 
  35.      
  36.         trap { 
  37.         [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $currentCulture 
  38.     } 
  39.      
  40.         $currentCulture = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture 
  41.     [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture 
  42.     Invoke-Command $code 
  43.     [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $currentCulture 
  44. } 
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