MyTasksFunctions.ps1
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#region class definition Class MyTask { <# A class to define a task or to-do item #> #Properties # ID and OverDue values are calculated at run time. [int]$ID [string]$Name [string]$Description [datetime]$DueDate [bool]$Overdue [String]$Category [ValidateRange(0, 100)][int]$Progress hidden[bool]$Completed hidden[datetime]$TaskCreated = (Get-Date) hidden[datetime]$TaskModified hidden[guid]$TaskID = (New-Guid) #Methods #set task as completed [void]CompleteTask([datetime]$CompletedDate) { write-verbose "[CLASS ] Completing task: $($this.name)" $this.Completed = $True $this.Progress = 100 $this.Overdue = $False $this.TaskModified = $CompletedDate } #check if task is overdue and update hidden [void]Refresh() { Write-Verbose "[CLASS ] Refreshing task $($this.name)" #only mark as overdue if not completed and today is greater than the due date Write-Verbose "[CLASS ] Comparing $($this.DueDate) due date to $(Get-Date)" if ($This.completed) { $this.Overdue = $False } elseif ((Get-Date) -gt $this.DueDate) { $this.Overdue = $True } else { $this.Overdue = $False } } #refresh #Constructors MyTask([string]$Name) { write-verbose "[CLASS ] Constructing with name: $name" $this.Name = $Name $this.DueDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(7) $this.TaskModified = (Get-Date) $this.Refresh() } #used for importing from XML MyTask([string]$Name, [datetime]$DueDate, [string]$Description, [string]$Category) { write-verbose "[CLASS ] Constructing with due date, description and category" $this.Name = $Name $this.DueDate = $DueDate $this.Description = $Description $this.Category = $Category $this.TaskModified = $this.TaskCreated $this.Refresh() } } #end class definition #endregion #this is a private function to the module Function _ImportTasks { [cmdletbinding()] Param([string]$Path = $myTaskpath) If (Test-Path $myTaskpath) { [xml]$In = Get-Content -Path $Path -Encoding UTF8 } else { Write-Warning "There are no tasks. Create a new one first." #bail out Break } foreach ($obj in $in.Objects.object) { $obj.Property | ForEach-Object -Begin {$propHash = [ordered]@{}} -Process { $propHash.Add($_.name, $_.'#text') } $propHash | out-string | write-verbose Try { $tmp = New-Object -TypeName MyTask -ArgumentList $propHash.Name, $propHash.DueDate, $propHash.Description, $propHash.Category #set additional properties $tmp.TaskID = $prophash.TaskID $tmp.Progress = $prophash.Progress -as [int] $tmp.TaskCreated = $prophash.TaskCreated -as [datetime] $tmp.TaskModified = $prophash.TaskModified -as [datetime] $tmp.Completed = [Convert]::ToBoolean($prophash.Completed) $tmp } Catch { Write-Error $_ } } #foreach } #_ImportTasks #exported functions Function New-MyTask { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess, DefaultParameterSetName = "Date")] [OutputType("MyTask")] [Alias("nmt", "task")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the name of your task", ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName )] [string]$Name, [Parameter(Position = 1, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, ParameterSetName = "Date")] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [dateTime]$DueDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(7), [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "Days")] [int]$Days, [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [string]$Description, [switch]$Passthru ) DynamicParam { # Set the dynamic parameters' name $ParameterName = 'Category' # Create the dictionary $RuntimeParameterDictionary = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary # Create the collection of attributes $AttributeCollection = New-Object System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute] # Create and set the parameters' attributes $ParameterAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute $ParameterAttribute.Mandatory = $true $ParameterAttribute.ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True $ParameterAttribute.Position = 2 # Add the attributes to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ParameterAttribute) # Generate and set the ValidateSet if (Test-Path -Path $global:myTaskCategory) { $arrSet = Get-Content -Path $global:myTaskCategory | where-object {$_ -match "\w+"} | foreach-object {$_.Trim()} } else { $arrSet = $script:myTaskDefaultCategories } $ValidateSetAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute($arrSet) # Add the ValidateSet to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ValidateSetAttribute) # Create and return the dynamic parameter $RuntimeParameter = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter($ParameterName, [string], $AttributeCollection) $RuntimeParameterDictionary.Add($ParameterName, $RuntimeParameter) return $RuntimeParameterDictionary } #Dynamic Param Begin { $Category = $PsBoundParameters[$ParameterName] Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" } Process { #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" Write-Verbose "$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) [PROCESS] Using Parameter set: $($pscmdlet.parameterSetName)" #create the new task Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Creating new task $Name" If ($Days) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Calculating due date in $Days days" $DueDate = (Get-Date).AddDays($Days) } $task = New-Object -TypeName MyTask -ArgumentList $Name, $DueDate, $Description, $Category #convert to xml Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Converting to XML" $newXML = $task | Select-object -property Name, Description, @{Name = 'DueDate'; Expression = {Get-Date -Date $task.DueDate -Format 's'}}, Category, Progress, @{Name = 'TaskCreated'; Expression = {Get-Date -Date $task.TaskCreated -Format 's'}}, @{Name = 'TaskModified'; Expression = {Get-Date -Date $task.TaskModified -Format 's'}}, TaskID, Completed | ConvertTo-Xml Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] $($newXML | out-string)" #add task to disk via XML file if (Test-Path -Path $mytaskPath) { #import xml file [xml]$in = Get-Content -Path $mytaskPath -Encoding UTF8 #continue of there are existing objects in the file if ($in.objects) { #check if TaskID already exists in file and skip $id = $task.TaskID $result = $in | Select-XML -XPath "//Object/Property[text()='$id']" if (-Not $result.node) { #if not,import node $imp = $in.ImportNode($newXML.objects.object, $true) #append node $in.Objects.AppendChild($imp) | Out-Null #update file if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($task.name)) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Saving to existing file" #need to save to a filesystem path # $save = Convert-Path $mytaskPath $in.Save($myTaskPath) } } else { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Skipping $id" } } #if $in.objects } else { #If file doesn't exist create task and save to a file Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Saving first task" #must be an empty XML file if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($task.name)) { #create an XML declaration section write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Creating XML declaration" $declare = $newxml.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", "yes") #replace declaration $newXML.ReplaceChild($declare, $newXML.FirstChild) | Out-Null #save the file Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Saving the new file to $myTaskPath" #need to save to a filesystem path # $save = Convert-Path $mytaskPath $newxml.Save($myTaskPath) } } If ($Passthru) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Passing object to the pipeline." (get-mytask).where( {$_.taskID -eq $task.taskid}) } } #Process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #New-MyTask Function Set-MyTask { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess, DefaultParameterSetName = "Name")] [OutputType("None", "MyTask")] [Alias("smt")] Param ( [Parameter( ParameterSetName = "Task", ValueFromPipeline)] [MyTask]$Task, [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the name of a task", ParameterSetName = "Name", ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Name, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "ID")] [int]$ID, [string]$NewName, [string]$Description, [datetime]$DueDate, [ValidateRange(0, 100)] [int]$Progress, [switch]$Passthru ) DynamicParam { # Set the dynamic parameters' name $ParameterName = "Category" # Create the dictionary $RuntimeParameterDictionary = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary # Create the collection of attributes $AttributeCollection = New-Object System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute] # Create and set the parameters' attributes $ParameterAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute $ParameterAttribute.Mandatory = $False # Add the attributes to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ParameterAttribute) # Generate and set the ValidateSet if (Test-Path -Path $global:myTaskCategory) { $arrSet = Get-Content -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode | where-object {$_ -match "\w+"} | foreach-object {$_.Trim()} } else { $arrSet = $script:myTaskDefaultCategories } $ValidateSetAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute($arrSet) # Add the ValidateSet to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ValidateSetAttribute) # Create and return the dynamic parameter $RuntimeParameter = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter($ParameterName, [string], $AttributeCollection) $RuntimeParameterDictionary.Add($ParameterName, $RuntimeParameter) return $RuntimeParameterDictionary } #Dynamic Param Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | format-table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Cleaning PSBoundParameters" $PSBoundParameters.Remove("Verbose") | Out-Null $PSBoundParameters.Remove("WhatIf") | Out-Null $PSBoundParameters.Remove("Confirm") | Out-Null $PSBoundParameters.Remove("Passthru") | Out-Null $PSBoundParameters.Remove("ID") | Out-Null } #begin Process { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Using parameter set: $($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)" #remove this as a bound parameter $PSBoundParameters.Remove("Task") | Out-Null [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Processing XML" Try { [xml]$In = Get-Content -Path $MyTaskPath -ErrorAction Stop -Encoding UTF8 } Catch { Write-Error "There was a problem loading task data from $myTaskPath." #abort and bail out return } #if using a name get the task from the XML file if ($Name) { $node = ($in | Select-xml -XPath "//Object/Property[@Name='Name' and contains(translate(.,'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'),'$($name.toLower())')]").Node.ParentNode } else { if ($ID) { #get the task by ID $task = Get-MyTask -id $ID } $node = ($in | Select-xml -XPath "//Object/Property[@Name='TaskID' and text()='$($task.taskid)']").Node.ParentNode } if (-Not $Node) { Write-Warning "Failed to find task: $Name" #abort and bail out return } $taskName = $node.SelectNodes("Property[@Name='Name']").'#text' Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Updating task $taskName" Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] $($node.property | Out-String)" #go through all PSBoundParameters other than Name or NewName $PSBoundParameters.keys | where-object {$_ -notMatch 'name'} | foreach-object { #update the task property Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Updating $_ to $($PSBoundParameters.item($_))" $setting = $node.SelectSingleNode("Property[@Name='$_']") if ($_ -in 'DueDate', 'TaskCreated', 'TaskModified') { $setting.InnerText = Get-Date -Date ($PSBoundParameters.item($_)) -Format 's' } else { $setting.InnerText = $PSBoundParameters.item($_) -as [string] } } If ($NewName) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Updating to new name: $NewName" $node.SelectSingleNode("Property[@Name='Name']").'#text' = $NewName } #update TaskModified $node.SelectSingleNode("Property[@Name='TaskModified']").'#text' = (Get-Date -Format 's').ToString() If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($TaskName)) { #update source Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Saving task file" #need to save to a filesystem path #$save = Convert-Path $mytaskPath $in.Save($mytaskpath) #pass object to the pipeline if ($Passthru) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Passing object to the pipeline" Get-MyTask -Name $taskName } } #should process } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #Set-MyTask Function Remove-MyTask { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess, DefaultParameterSetName = "Name")] [OutputType("None")] [Alias("rmt")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter task name", ParameterSetName = "Name" )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Name, [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "Object" )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [MyTask]$InputObject ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($myTaskPath, "Create backup")) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Creating a backup copy of $myTaskPath" Backup-MyTaskFile } #load tasks from XML Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Loading tasks from XML" [xml]$In = Get-Content -Path $MyTaskPath -Encoding UTF8 } #begin Process { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Using parameter set: $($PSCmdlet.parameterSetname)" if ($Name) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving task: $Name" Try { $taskID = (Get-MyTask -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop).TaskID } Catch { Write-Warning "Failed to find a task with a name of $Name" write-warning $_.exception.message #abort and bail out return } } #if $name else { $TaskID = $InputObject.TaskID } #select node by TaskID (GUID) Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Identifying task id: $TaskID" $node = ($in | Select-Xml -XPath "//Object/Property[text()='$TaskID']").node.ParentNode if ($node) { #remove it write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Removing: $($node.Property | Out-String)" if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($TaskID)) { $node.parentNode.RemoveChild($node) | Out-Null $node.ParentNode.objects #save file Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Updating $MyTaskPath" #need to save to a filesystem path # $save = Convert-Path $mytaskPath $in.Save($mytaskpath) } #should process } else { Write-Warning "Failed to find a matching task with an id of $TaskID" Return } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #Remove-MyTask Function Get-MyTask { [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Days")] [OutputType("MyTask")] [Alias("gmt")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, ParameterSetName = "Name" )] [string]$Name, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "ID")] [int[]]$ID, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "All")] [switch]$All, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "Completed")] [switch]$Completed, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "Days")] [int]$DaysDue = 30 ) DynamicParam { # Set the dynamic parameters' name $ParameterName = "Category" # Create the dictionary $RuntimeParameterDictionary = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary # Create the collection of attributes $AttributeCollection = New-Object System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute] # Create and set the parameters' attributes $ParameterAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute $ParameterAttribute.Mandatory = $False $ParameterAttribute.ParameterSetName = "Category" # Add the attributes to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ParameterAttribute) # Generate and set the ValidateSet if (Test-Path -Path $global:myTaskCategory) { $arrSet = Get-Content -Path $global:myTaskCategory | where-object {$_ -match "\w+"} | foreach-object {$_.Trim()} } else { $arrSet = $script:myTaskDefaultCategories } $ValidateSetAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute($arrSet) # Add the ValidateSet to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ValidateSetAttribute) # Create and return the dynamic parameter $RuntimeParameter = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter($ParameterName, [string], $AttributeCollection) $RuntimeParameterDictionary.Add($ParameterName, $RuntimeParameter) return $RuntimeParameterDictionary } Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" $Category = $PsBoundParameters[$ParameterName] Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Using parameter set $($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" #import from the XML file Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Importing tasks from $mytaskPath" $tasks = _ImportTasks | Sort-Object -property DueDate Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Imported $($tasks.count) tasks" } Process { #initialize counter $counter = 0 foreach ($task in $tasks ) { $counter++ $task.ID = $counter } Switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) { "Name" { if ($Name -match "\w+") { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving task: $Name" $results = $tasks.Where( {$_.Name -like $Name}) } else { #write all tasks to the pipeline Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving all incomplete tasks" $results = $tasks.Where( {-Not $_.Completed}) } } #name "ID" { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving Task by ID: $ID" #$results = $tasks.where( {$_.id -eq $ID}) $results = $tasks.where({$_.id -match "^($($id -join '|'))$" }) } #id "All" { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving all tasks" $results = $Tasks } #all "Completed" { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving completed tasks" $results = $tasks.Where( {$_.Completed}) } #completed "Category" { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving tasks for category $Category" $results = $tasks.Where( {$_.Category -eq $Category -AND (-Not $_.Completed)}) } #category "Days" { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving tasks due in $DaysDue days or before" $results = $tasks.Where( {($_.DueDate -le (Get-Date).AddDays($DaysDue)) -AND (-Not $_.Completed)}) } } #switch #display tasks if found otherwise display a warning if ($results.count -ge 1) { $results } else { Write-Warning "No tasks found matching your criteria" } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #Get-MyTask Function Show-MyTask { #colorize output using Write-Host #this may not work in the PowerShell ISE [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Days")] [OutputType("None")] [Alias("shmt")] Param( [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "all")] [switch]$All, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "Days")] [int32]$DaysDue = 30 ) DynamicParam { # Set the dynamic parameters' name $ParameterName = 'Category' # Create the dictionary $RuntimeParameterDictionary = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary # Create the collection of attributes $AttributeCollection = New-Object System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute] # Create and set the parameters' attributes $ParameterAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute $ParameterAttribute.Mandatory = $false $ParameterAttribute.ParameterSetName = "Category" # Add the attributes to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ParameterAttribute) # Generate and set the ValidateSet if (Test-Path -Path $global:myTaskCategory) { $arrSet = Get-Content -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode | where-object {$_ -match "\w+"} | foreach-object {$_.Trim()} } else { $arrSet = $script:myTaskDefaultCategories } $ValidateSetAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute($arrSet) # Add the ValidateSet to the attributes collection $AttributeCollection.Add($ValidateSetAttribute) # Create and return the dynamic parameter $RuntimeParameter = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter($ParameterName, [string], $AttributeCollection) $RuntimeParameterDictionary.Add($ParameterName, $RuntimeParameter) return $RuntimeParameterDictionary } #Dynamic Param Begin { $Category = $PsBoundParameters[$ParameterName] Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" } Process { #run Get-MyTask Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Getting Tasks" $tasks = Get-MyTask @PSBoundParameters if ($tasks.count -gt 0) { #convert tasks to a text table $table = ($tasks | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String -Stream).split("`r`n") #define a regular expression pattern to match the due date [regex]$rx = "\b\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}\b" Write-Host "`n" Write-Host $table[1] -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host $table[2] -ForegroundColor Cyan #define a parameter hashtable to splat to Write-Host to better #handle colors in the PowerShell ISE under Windows 10 $phash = @{ Object = $Null } $table[3..$table.count] | foreach-object { #add the incoming object as the object for Write-Host $pHash.object = $_ Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Analyzing $_ " #test if DueDate is within 24 hours if ($rx.IsMatch($_)) { $hours = (($rx.Match($_).Value -as [datetime]) - (Get-Date)).totalhours } #test if task is complete if ($_ -match '\b100\b$') { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Detected as completed" $complete = $True } else { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Detected as incomplete" $complete = $False } #select a different color for overdue tasks if ($complete) { #display completed tasks in green $phash.ForegroundColor = "Green" } elseif ($_ -match "\bTrue\b") { $phash.ForegroundColor = "Red" } elseif ($hours -le 24 -AND (-Not $complete)) { $phash.ForegroundColor = "Yellow" $hours = 999 } else { if ($pHash.ContainsKey("foregroundcolor")) { #remove foreground color so that Write-Host uses #the current default $pHash.Remove("foregroundcolor") } } Write-Host @pHash } #foreach } #if tasks are found else { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] No tasks returned from Get-MyTask." } } #Process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #End } #Show-MyTask Function Complete-MyTask { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess, DefaultParameterSetName = "Name")] [OutputType("None", "MyTask")] [Alias("cmt")] Param ( [Parameter( ParameterSetName = "Task", ValueFromPipeline)] [MyTask]$Task, [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the name of a task", ParameterSetName = "Name" )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Name, [Parameter( Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the task ID", ParameterSetName = "ID" )] [int32]$ID, [datetime]$CompletedDate = $(Get-Date), [switch]$Archive, [switch]$Passthru ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] PSBoundParameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" } #begin Process { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Using parameter set: $($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] PSBoundParameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" if ($Name) { #get the task Try { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving task: $Name" $Task = Get-MyTask -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop } Catch { Write-Error $_ #bail out Return } } elseif ($ID) { #get the task Try { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving task ID: $ID" $Task = Get-MyTask -ID $ID -ErrorAction Stop } Catch { Write-Error $_ #bail out Return } } If ($Task) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Marking task as completed" #invoke CompleteTask() method $task.CompleteTask($CompletedDate) Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] $($task | Select-Object *,Completed,TaskModified,TaskID | Out-String)" #find matching XML node and replace it Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Updating task file" #convert current task to XML $new = ($task | Select-object -property Name, Description, @{Name = 'DueDate'; Expression = {Get-Date -Date $task.DueDate -Format 's'}}, Category, Progress, @{Name = 'TaskCreated'; Expression = {Get-Date -Date $task.TaskCreated -Format 's'}}, @{Name = 'TaskModified'; Expression = {Get-Date -Date $task.TaskModified -Format 's'}}, TaskID, Completed | ConvertTo-Xml).Objects.Object #load tasks from XML [xml]$In = Get-Content -Path $MyTaskPath -Encoding UTF8 #select node by TaskID (GUID) $node = ($in | Select-Xml -XPath "//Object/Property[text()='$($task.TaskID)']").node.ParentNode #import the new node $imp = $in.ImportNode($new, $true) #replace node $node.ParentNode.ReplaceChild($imp, $node) | Out-Null #save If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($task.name)) { #$save = Convert-Path $mytaskPath $in.Save($mytaskpath) if ($Archive) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Archiving completed task" Save-MyTask -Task $Task } if ($Passthru) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Passing task back to the pipeline" Get-MyTask -Name $task.name } } } else { Write-Warning "Failed to find a matching task." } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #Complete-MyTask Function Get-MyTaskCategory { [cmdletbinding()] [OutputType([System.String])] Param() Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #begin Process { If (Test-Path -Path $global:myTaskCategory) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving user categories from $global:myTaskCategory" Get-Content -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode | Where-object {$_ -match "\w+"} } else { #Display the defaults Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Retrieving module default categories" $script:myTaskDefaultCategories } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } Function Add-MyTaskCategory { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType("None")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter a new task category", ValueFromPipeline )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string[]]$Category ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #test if user category file already exists and if not, then #create it if (-Not (Test-Path -Path $global:myTaskCategory)) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Creating new user category file $global:myTaskCategory" Set-Content -Value $script:myTaskDefaultCategories -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode } #get current contents $current = Get-Content -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode | where-object {$_ -match "\w+"} } #begin Process { foreach ($item in $Category) { if ($current -contains $($item.trim())) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Skipping duplicate item $item" } else { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Adding $item" Add-Content -Value $item.Trim() -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode } } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } Function Remove-MyTaskCategory { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType("None")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter a task category to remove", ValueFromPipeline )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string[]]$Category ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #get current contents $current = Get-Content -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode| where-object {$_ -match "\w+"} #create backup $back = Join-Path -path $mytaskhome -ChildPath MyTaskCategory.bak Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Creating backup copy" Copy-Item -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Destination $back -Force } #begin Process { foreach ($item in $Category) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Removing category $item" $current = ($current).Where( {$_ -notcontains $item}) } } #process End { #update file Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Updating: $global:myTaskCategory" Set-Content -Value $current -Path $global:myTaskCategory -Encoding Unicode Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #create a backup copy of task xml file Function Backup-MyTaskFile { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType("None", "System.IO.FileInfo")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, HelpMessage = "Enter the filename and path for the backup xml file" )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Destination = (Join-Path -Path $mytaskhome -ChildPath "MyTasks_Backup_$(Get-Date -format "yyyyMMdd").xml" ), [switch]$Passthru ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Creating backup file $Destination" #add MyTaskPath to PSBoundparameters so it can be splatted to Copy-Item $PSBoundParameters.Add("Path", $myTaskPath) #explicitly add Destination if not already part of PSBoundParameters if (-Not ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("Destination"))) { $PSBoundParameters.Add("Destination", $Destination) } } #begin Process { If (Test-Path -Path $myTaskPath) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Copy parameters" Write-Verbose ($PSBoundParameters | format-list | Out-String) Copy-Item @psBoundParameters Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Adding comment to backup XML file" #insert a comment into the XML file [xml]$doc = Get-Content -Path $Destination -Encoding UTF8 $comment = $doc.CreateComment("Backup of $MytaskPath created on $(Get-Date)") $doc.InsertAfter($comment, $doc.FirstChild) | Out-Null $doc.Save($Destination) } else { Write-Warning "Failed to find $myTaskPath" } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #archive completed tasks Function Save-MyTask { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType("None", "myTask")] [Alias("Archive-MyTask")] Param( [Parameter(Position = 0)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Path = $myTaskArchivePath, [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [MyTask[]]$Task, [switch]$Passthru ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) EGIN ] PSBoundparameters: `n$($pb.split("`n").Foreach({"$("`t"*4)$_"}) | Out-String) `n" Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Using parameter set $($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)" } Process { [xml]$In = Get-Content -Path $mytaskPath -Encoding UTF8 if ($Task) { $taskID = $task.TaskID Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Archiving task $($task.name) [$($task.taskID)]" $completed = $in.Objects | Select-XML -XPath "//Object/Property[text()='$taskID']" } else { #get completed tasks Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Getting completed tasks" $completed = $In.Objects | Select-XML -XPath "//Property[@Name='Completed' and text()='True']" } if ($completed) { #save to $myTaskArchivePath if (Test-Path -Path $Path) { #append to existing document Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Appending to $Path" [xml]$Out = Get-Content -Path $Path -Encoding UTF8 $parent = $Out.Objects } else { #create a new document Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Creating $Path" $out = [xml]::new() $ver = $out.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", $null) $out.AppendChild($ver) | Out-Null $objects = $out.CreateNode("element", "Objects", $null) $parent = $out.AppendChild($objects) } #import foreach ($node in $completed.node) { $imp = $out.ImportNode($node.ParentNode, $True) Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Archiving $($node.parentnode.property[0].'#text')" $parent.AppendChild($imp) | Out-Null #remove from existing file $in.objects.RemoveChild($node.parentnode) | Out-Null } Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Saving $Path" if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($Path)) { $out.Save($Path) #save task file after saving archive #need to save to a filesystem path #$save = Convert-Path $mytaskPath $in.Save($mytaskpath) If ($Passthru) { Get-Item -Path $Path } } } else { Write-Host "Didn't find any completed tasks." -ForegroundColor Magenta } } #Process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } } Function Enable-EmailReminder { #this function requires the PSScheduledJob module [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType("None")] Param( [Parameter(Position = 0, HelpMessage = "What time do you want to send your daily email reminder?")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [datetime]$Time = "8:00AM", [Parameter(HelpMessage = "What is your email server name or address?")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$SMTPServer = $PSEmailServer, [Parameter(Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter your email address")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [ValidatePattern("\S+@*.\.\w{2,4}")] [string]$To, [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Enter the FROM email address. If you don't specify one, the TO address will be used.")] [ValidatePattern("\S+@*.\.\w{2,4}")] [string]$From, [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Include if you need to use SSL?")] [switch]$UseSSL, [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify the port to use for your email server")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [int32]$Port = 25, [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify any credential you need to authenticate to your mail server.")] [PSCredential]$MailCredential, [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Send an HTML body email")] [switch]$AsHtml, [int]$Days = 3, [Parameter(Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Re-enter your local user credentials for the scheduled job task")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [PSCredential]$TaskCredential, [string]$TaskPath = $mytaskPath ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)" Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Using these mail parameters:" if (-Not $From) { $From = $To } $hash = @{ To = $To From = $From SMTPServer = $SMTPServer Port = $Port } if ($MailCredential) { $hash.Add("Credential", $MailCredential) } If ($UseSSL) { $hash.add("UseSSL", $True) } $hash | Out-String | Write-Verbose #define the job scriptblock $sb = { Param([hashtable]$Hash, [int]$Dayy, [string]$myPath) #uncomment for troubleshooting #$PSBoundParameters | out-string | write-host -ForegroundColor cyan #get tasks for the next 3 days as the body Set-MyTaskPath -Path $myPath $data = Get-MyTask -Days $Days if ($data) { if ($hash.BodyAsHTML) { Write-Host "[$((Get-Date).ToString())] Sending as HTML" -ForegroundColor green #css to be embedded in the html document $head = @" <Title>Upcoming Tasks</Title> <style> body { background-color:rgb(199, 194, 194); font-family:Tahoma; font-size:12pt; } td, th { border:1px solid black; border-collapse:collapse; } th { color:white; background-color:black; } table, tr, td, th { padding: 2px; margin: 0px } tr:nth-child(odd) {background-color: lightgray} table { width:95%;margin-left:5px; margin-bottom:20px;} .alert {color: red ;} .warn {color:#ff8c00;} </style> <br> <H1>My Tasks</H1> "@ [xml]$html = $data | ConvertTo-HTML -Fragment #parse html to add color attributes for ($i = 1; $i -le $html.table.tr.count - 1; $i++) { $class = $html.CreateAttribute("class") #check the value of the percent free memory column and assign a class to the row if ($html.table.tr[$i].td[4] -eq 'True') { $class.value = "alert" $html.table.tr[$i].Attributes.Append($class) | Out-Null } elseif ((($html.table.tr[$i].td[3] -as [DateTime]) - (Get-Date)).totalHours -le 24 ) { $class.value = "warn" $html.table.tr[$i].Attributes.Append($class) | Out-Null } } $Body = ConvertTo-HTML -body $html.InnerXml -Head $head | Out-String } else { Write-Host "[$((Get-Date).ToString())] Sending as TEXT" -ForegroundColor Green $body = $data | Out-string } } else { Write-Warning "No tasks found due in the next 3 days." #bail out return } $hash.Add("Body", $body) $hash.Add("Subject", "Tasks Due in the Next 3 Days") $hash.Add("ErrorAction", "Stop") Try { Send-MailMessage @hash #if you receive the job I wanted to display some sort of result Write-Output "[$((Get-Date).ToString())] Message ($($hash.subject)) sent to $($hash.to) from $($hash.from)" Write-Host "[$((Get-Date).ToString())] Message ($($hash.subject)) sent to $($hash.to) from $($hash.from)" -ForegroundColor green } Catch { throw $_ } } #define scriptblock } #begin Process { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Testing for an existing job" Try { $job = Get-ScheduledJob -Name myTasksEmail -ErrorAction stop if ($job) { Write-Warning "An existing mail job was found. Please remove it first with Disable-EmailReminder and try again." #bail out return } } Catch { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] No existing job found" } Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Validating Requirements" if ((Get-Module PSScheduledJob) -And (($PSVersionTable.Platform -eq 'Win32NT') -OR ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop'))) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Creating a Daily job trigger for $($Time.TimeofDay)" $trigger = New-JobTrigger -Daily -At $Time $opt = New-ScheduledJobOption -RunElevated -RequireNetwork Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Registering the scheduled job" if ($AsHtml) { $hash.Add("BodyAsHTML", $True) } #hash table of parameters to splat Register-ScheduledJob $regParams = @{ ScriptBlock = $sb Name = "myTasksEmail" Trigger = $Trigger ArgumentList = $hash, $Days, $TaskPath MaxResultCount = 5 ScheduledJobOption = $opt Credential = $TaskCredential } $regParams | Out-String | Write-Verbose Register-ScheduledJob @regParams } else { Write-Warning "This command requires the PSScheduledJob module on a Windows platform." } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending $($myinvocation.mycommand)" } #end } #close Enable-MailReminder Function Disable-EmailReminder { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType("None")] Param() Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)" } #begin Process { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Processing" if ((Get-Module PSScheduledJob) -And (($PSVersionTable.Platform -eq 'Win32NT') -OR ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop'))) { Try { if (Get-ScheduledJob -Name myTasksEmail -ErrorAction stop) { #The cmdlet appears to ignore -WhatIf so I'll handle it myself if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("myTasksEmail")) { Unregister-ScheduledJob -Name myTasksEmail -ErrorAction stop } #should process } #if task found } Catch { Write-Warning "Can't find any matching scheduled jobs with the name 'myTasksEmail'." } } else { Write-Warning "This command requires the PSScheduledJob module on a Windows platform." } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending $($myinvocation.mycommand)" } #end } #close Disable-EmailReminder Function Get-EmailReminder { [cmdletbinding()] Param () Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)" } #begin Process { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Getting scheduled job myTasksEmail" if ((Get-Module PSScheduledJob) -And (($PSVersionTable.Platform -eq 'Win32NT') -OR ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop'))) { $t = Get-ScheduledJob myTasksEmail $hash = $t.InvocationInfo.Parameters[0].where( {$_.name -eq "argumentlist"}).value Try { #get the last run Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Getting last job run" $last = Get-Job -name $t.name -Newest 1 -ErrorAction stop } Catch { $last = [PSCustomObject]@{ PSEndTime = "11/30/1999" -as [datetime] State = "The task has not yet run" } } [pscustomobject]@{ Task = $t.Name Frequency = $t.JobTriggers.Frequency At = $t.JobTriggers.at.TimeOfDay To = $hash.To From = $hash.From MailServer = $hash.SMTPServer Port = $hash.Port UseSSL = $hash.UseSSL AsHTML = $hash.BodyAsHTML LastRun = $last.PSEndTime LastState = $last.State Started = $last.psBeginTime Ended = $last.psEndTime Result = $last.output Enabled = $t.Enabled Errors = $last.Errors Warnings = $last.warnings } } else { Write-Warning "This command requires the PSScheduledJob module on a Windows platform." } } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending $($myinvocation.mycommand)" } #end } #close Get-EmailReminder Function Set-MyTaskPath { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType("None",[System.Management.Automation.PSVariable])] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the path to your new myTaskPath directory")] [ValidateScript( {Test-Path $_})] [string]$Path, [switch]$Passthru ) If ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess("$path", "Update task path")) { $global:mytaskhome = Convert-Path $Path #path to the category file $global:myTaskCategory = Join-Path -Path $mytaskhome -ChildPath myTaskCategory.txt #path to stored tasks $global:mytaskPath = Join-Path -Path $mytaskhome -ChildPath myTasks.xml #path to archived or completed tasks $global:myTaskArchivePath = Join-Path -Path $mytaskhome -ChildPath myTasksArchive.xml if ($passthru) { Get-Variable myTaskHome, myTaskPath, myTaskArchivePath, myTaskCategory } } } #close Set-MyTaskPath |