PSDxExpeditions.psm1
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New-ModuleManifest ` -Path "$env:userprofile\OneDrive\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDxExpeditions\PSDxExpeditions.psd1" ` -RootModule "$env:userprofile\OneDrive\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDxExpeditions\PSDxExpeditions.psm1" ` -Author 'Reginald Baalbergen, The PA1REG' ` -CompanyName 'Radio Amateur' ` -Copyright '(c)2017 Reginald Baalbergen (PA1REG)' ` -Description 'PSDxExpeditions' ` -ModuleVersion 1.1.3 ` -PowerShellVersion 5.0 ` -FunctionsToExport 'Update-DxHrdAlarmFile', 'Update-DxVe7ccAlarmFile' ` -AliasesToExport 'UdxH', 'UdxV' ` -ProjectUri 'https://github.com/PA1REG/PSDxExpeditions' ` -HelpInfoUri 'https://github.com/PA1REG/PSDxExpeditions/blob/master/readme.md' ` -ReleaseNotes 'PSDxExpeditions is a PowerShell module that creates Dx Expedition alarm files for VE7CC cluster or Ham Radio DeLuxe.' #-Tag 'Ham_Radio_DeLuxe","VE7CC","DX_Expeditions' ` https://dfinke.github.io/2016/Quickly-Install-PowerShell-Modules-from-GitHub/ get-command -Module InstallModuleFromGitHub Install-Module -Name InstallModuleFromGitHub -RequiredVersion 0.3 Install-ModuleFromGitHub -GitHubRepo /PA1REG/PoShHrdUtils #> #$DisplayColor = 'Green' $AllDxCalls = @() function RemoveLineCarriage($lineIn) # Remove all CR or LF, etc form string { $ReturnValue = [System.String] $lineIn; $ReturnValue = $ReturnValue -replace "`t",""; $ReturnValue = $ReturnValue -replace "`n",""; $ReturnValue = $ReturnValue -replace "`r",""; $ReturnValue = $ReturnValue -replace " ;",";"; $ReturnValue = $ReturnValue -replace "; ",";"; $ReturnValue = $ReturnValue -replace [Environment]::NewLine, ""; return $ReturnValue; } function Get-CheckAllowedCharsInLine ($lineIn) # An radio amateur callsign must contain only alfabet and a number with optional an /, this is checked # { $ResultChars = $false $ResultNumbers = $false $ResultPattern = $true $ResultLength = $false $checkPattern = "^[/a-zA-Z0-9\s]+$" #'^[a-z0-9]+$') $checkPatternChars = "[a-zA-Z]" $checkPatternNumbers = "[0-9]" # Check if the string contains the given pattern if ($lineIn -notmatch $checkPattern) { $ResultPattern = $false } # there are no callsigns less than 3 positions if ($lineIn.Length -ge 3) { $ResultLength = $true } # Check if the callsign contains a letter and a number foreach ($Char In $lineIn) { if ($Char -match $checkPatternChars ) { $ResultChars = $true } if ($Char -match $checkPatternNumbers ) { $ResultNumbers = $true } } # check the results and decide if($ResultChars -and $ResultNumbers -and $ResultPattern -and $ResultLength) { $ReturnValue = $true } else { $ReturnValue = $false } return $ReturnValue } function Get-ValidCall ($lineIn) # Check if it is really a callsign { Try { $ReturnValue = $true switch -wildcard ($lineIn) { "AF-*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "AS-*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "OC-*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "SA-*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "NA-*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "EU-*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "HF+*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "EU-*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "ETC.*" {$ReturnValue = $false} "" {$ReturnValue = $false} } switch ($lineIn) { "0" {$ReturnValue = $false} "TEST" {$ReturnValue = $false} "ALL" {$ReturnValue = $false} "ASIAN" {$ReturnValue = $false} "CW" {$ReturnValue = $false} "ETC." {$ReturnValue = $false} "5W" {$ReturnValue = $false} "10W" {$ReturnValue = $false} "100W" {$ReturnValue = $false} "200W" {$ReturnValue = $false} "500W" {$ReturnValue = $false} "1000W" {$ReturnValue = $false} "1KW" {$ReturnValue = $false} "PSK31" {$ReturnValue = $false} "PSK63" {$ReturnValue = $false} "JT65" {$ReturnValue = $false} "JT9" {$ReturnValue = $false} "FT8" {$ReturnValue = $false} "160M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "80M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "60M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "40M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "30M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "24M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "20M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "17M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "15M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "12M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "10M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "6M" {$ReturnValue = $false} "0600Z" {$ReturnValue = $false} "24X7" {$ReturnValue = $false} "24HRS/DAY" {$ReturnValue = $false} } $validCall = Get-CheckAllowedCharsInLine($lineIn) if($validCall -and $ReturnValue) { $ReturnValue = $true } else { $ReturnValue = $false } } Catch { $ReturnValue = $false } return $ReturnValue } function Get-MonthNumber ($lineIn) # Return the number of a given month { switch -wildcard ($lineIn) { "JAN" {$ReturnValue = "01"} "FEB" {$ReturnValue = "02"} "MAR" {$ReturnValue = "03"} "APR" {$ReturnValue = "04"} "MAY" {$ReturnValue = "05"} "JUN" {$ReturnValue = "06"} "JUL" {$ReturnValue = "07"} "AUG" {$ReturnValue = "08"} "SEP" {$ReturnValue = "09"} "OCT" {$ReturnValue = "10"} "NOV" {$ReturnValue = "11"} "DEC" {$ReturnValue = "12"} "MAA" {$ReturnValue = "03"} "MEI" {$ReturnValue = "05"} "OKT" {$ReturnValue = "10"} } return $ReturnValue #Get-Culture } function Get-DateFromString ($lineIn) # Return the date from a string { # Get-Culture Try { $Year = $lineIn.substring(0,4) $Month = $lineIn.substring(5,3) $Day = $lineIn.substring(8,2) $Month = Get-MonthNumber ($Month) $date = "$day/$month/$year" $EDate = [datetime]::parseexact($date, 'dd/MM/yyyy', $null) return $EDate } Catch { return $null } } function Get-CallsCleanedUp # Remove double entries and sort the output. { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [Object] $DxCallsArray ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" Write-Verbose "Sorting and remove duplicates" $DxCallsArray = $DxCallsArray | Sort-Object -Unique Return $DxCallsArray Write-Verbose "Eind Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Add-ConcatDxCall # Add 2 array with calls together { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [Object] $DxCallsArray1, [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true)] [Object] $DxCallsArray2 ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" Write-Verbose "Concatenate 2 array objects" $ConcatDxCallsArray = $DxCallsArray1 + $DxCallsArray2 Return $ConcatDxCallsArray Write-Verbose "Eind Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Update-WriteVE7CCAlarmFile { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [String] $AlarmFile, [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true)] [Object] $DxCallsArray ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" $arrCalls =@() if (! (Test-Path $AlarmFile)) { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to locate file $AlarmFile from $URL ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } else { Write-Verbose "Empty file $AlarmFile)" Clear-Content $AlarmFile } Try { foreach ($Call in $DxCallsArray) { $objResults = New-Object PSObject $objResults | Add-Member -membertype NoteProperty -name "Call" -Value $Call $objResults | Add-Member -membertype NoteProperty -name "Settings" -Value "Y1101111111000001101111111000001101011111000001" $arrCalls += $objResults } $CsvContent = $arrCalls | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation Write-Verbose "Write all calls to $AlarmFile)" $CsvContent[1..$CsvContent.Length] | Add-Content $AlarmFile } Catch { Write-Verbose "Unable to write all calls to $AlarmFile)" } Write-Verbose "End Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Update-WriteHRDAlarmFile { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$false)] [String] $DXClusterAlarmsFile, [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$false)] [Object] $DxCallsArray ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" if (! (Test-Path $DXClusterAlarmsFile)) { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to locate file $DXClusterAlarmsFile from $URL ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } Try { # Building the xml string for calls foreach ($Call in $DxCallsArray) { $DXClusterCalls += "$($Call)|" } # Delete the last character which contains a |-sign $DXClusterCalls = $DXClusterCalls.Substring(0,$DXClusterCalls.Length-1) Write-Verbose "Builded line is now : $$DXClusterCalls" # Naming elements $Time = (Get-Date -f g) $DXTitle = 'Special Event Callsigns' $DXComment = "Created by PS_DxExpeditions.ps1, PA1REG, last update : $Time" Write-Verbose "Reading file $DXClusterAlarmsFile" $XMLContent = [xml](Get-Content $DXClusterAlarmsFile) $Alarms = $XMLContent.SelectNodes("/HRD/Alarm") $SpecialAlarm = $Alarms | Where-Object {$_.Title -eq $DXTitle} if ($SpecialAlarm.Count -ne 0) { Write-Verbose "Updating XML file" $SpecialAlarm.Callsign = $DXClusterCalls $SpecialAlarm.SetAttribute('Comment',$DXComment) } else { Write-Verbose "Adding XML file" $NewAlarm = $XMLContent.CreateElement("Alarm") $NewAlarm.InnerText = '' $NewAlarm.SetAttribute('Callsign',$DXClusterCalls) $NewAlarm.SetAttribute('Comment',$DXComment) $NewAlarm.SetAttribute('Filter','ALL') $NewAlarm.SetAttribute('Title',$DXTitle) $NewAlarm.SetAttribute('Enable','1') $NewAlarm.SetAttribute('Interval','5') $NewAlarm.SetAttribute('Options','16') $Response = $XMLContent.DocumentElement.AppendChild($NewAlarm) Write-Verbose "Adding XML response $Response" } Write-Verbose "Write all calls to $DXClusterAlarmsFile" $XMLContent.Save($DXClusterAlarmsFile) } Catch { Write-Verbose "Unable to write all calls to $DXClusterAlarmsFile)" } Write-Verbose "End Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Stop-Application { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [String] $ProcessName, [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true)] [String] $ProcessActivity ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" $Delaytime = 1 $TimeElaped = 0 $TimeOut = 120 $Id = 1 Write-Progress -Id $Id -Activity $ProcessActivity -PercentComplete ($TimeElaped / $TimeOut * 100) While ( (Get-Process -Name $($ProcessName) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Write-Progress -Id $Id -Activity $ProcessActivity -PercentComplete ($TimeElaped / $TimeOut * 100) Stop-Process -Name $ProcessName Start-Sleep -Seconds $Delaytime $TimeElaped =+ $TimeElaped + $Delaytime if ($TimeElaped -ge $TimeOut) { Write-Verbose "Timeout : Stopping process takes too long ( > $TimeOut sec.)" -ForegroundColor Red Throw "Timeout : Starting process takes too long ( > $TimeOut sec.)" } } if ($TimeElaped -lt $TimeOut) { #Write-Output "---------" -ForegroundColor Red } else { Write-Output "Stopping process due timeout" } Write-Verbose "Eind Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Start-Application { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [String] $ProcessName, [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true)] [String] $ProcessToStart, [Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true)] [String] $ProcessActivity ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" $Delaytime = 1 $TimeElaped = 0 $TimeOut = 120 $Id = 1 Write-Progress -Id $Id -Activity $ProcessActivity -PercentComplete ($TimeElaped / $TimeOut * 100) While ( -not (Get-Process -Name $($ProcessName) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Write-Progress -Id $Id -Activity $ProcessActivity -PercentComplete ($TimeElaped / $TimeOut * 100) Start-Process $ProcessToStart Start-Sleep -Seconds $Delaytime $TimeElaped =+ $TimeElaped + $Delaytime if ($TimeElaped -ge $TimeOut) { Write-Verbose "Timeout : Starting process takes too long ( > $TimeOut sec.)" Throw "Timeout : Starting process takes too long ( > $TimeOut sec.)" } } if ($TimeElaped -lt $TimeOut) { #Write-Output "---------" -ForegroundColor Red } else { Write-Output "Start process due timeout" } Write-Verbose "Eind Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Write-DxCallsToCSV { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [Object] $objDxCalls, [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true)] [String] $CSVFile ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" Try { Write-Verbose "Start Writing CSV file $CSVFile" $stuff = @() foreach($row in $objDxCalls) { $obj = new-object PSObject $obj | add-member -membertype NoteProperty -name "DxCall" -value $row $stuff += $obj } $stuff | Export-Csv -Path $CSVFile -notypeinformation } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to write file $CSVFile ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } Write-Verbose "Eind Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Get-ContentNg3K { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [Uri] $URL ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" $arrDxCalls =@() Try { Write-Verbose "Start Reading from $URL" $result = Invoke-WebRequest $URL } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Write-Verbose "Unable to open website $URL ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" Throw "Unable to open website $URL ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } Write-Verbose "Reading content from site $URL)" Try { $elementStartdate = 0 $elementEnddate = 1 #$elementDXCCentity = 2 $elementCall = 3 #$elementQSLvia = 4 #$elementReportedBy= 5 $elementInfo= 6 $StartDate = Get-DateFromString($EventDate) $CurrentDate = Get-Date $result.ParsedHtml.getElementsByTagName('tr') | ForEach-Object { $tr = $_; $startdate = Get-DateFromString ($tr.childNodes.item($elementStartdate).outerText) if ($null -ne $startdate) { $EndDate = Get-DateFromString ($tr.childNodes.item($elementEnddate).outerText) #$DXCCentity = $tr.childNodes.item($elementDXCCentity).outerText $Call = $tr.childNodes.item($elementCall).outerText #$QSLvia = $tr.childNodes.item($elementQSLvia).outerText #$ReportedBy = $tr.childNodes.item($elementReportedBy).outerText $Info = $tr.childNodes.item($elementInfo).outerText if ( ($EndDate.Month -eq $CurrentDate.Month -or $StartDate.Month -le $CurrentDate.Month) -and ($EndDate.Year -eq $CurrentDate.Year) ) { $call = RemoveLineCarriage($call) $startBracket = $Call.IndexOf("[") if ($startBracket -gt 0) { $call = $Call.substring(0,$startBracket).ToUpper() If (Get-ValidCall ($call)) { $arrDxCalls += $call #Write-Output "YES $Remark " -ForegroundColor Green } } $Remarks = RemoveLineCarriage($Remarks) $Remarks = $Info.Split(' ') foreach($Remark In $Remarks) { $Remark = $Remark.Replace(")","") $Remark = $Remark.Replace("(","") $Remark = $Remark.Replace(",","") $Remark = $Remark.Replace(";","").Trim().ToUpper() If (Get-ValidCall ($Remark)) { $arrDxCalls += $Remark #Write-Output "YES $Remark " -ForegroundColor Green } } #Write-Output "YES : 0=$startdate 1=$EndDate 3=$Call " # Write-Output "YES : 0=$startdate 1=$EndDate 2=$time2 3=$time3 4=$time4 5=$time5 6=$time6 7=$time7 8=$time8" } else { #Write-Output "NO : 0=$startdate 1=$EndDate 2=$time2 3=$time3 4=$time4 5=$time5 6=$time6 7=$time7 8=$time8" -ForegroundColor Gray } } } Return $arrDxCalls | Sort-Object -Unique } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Error reading website $URL ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } Write-Verbose "Eind Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Get-ContentDxWorld { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [Uri] $URL ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" $arrDxCalls =@() Try { Write-Verbose "Start Reading from $URL" $result = Invoke-WebRequest $url } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to open website $URL ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } Write-Verbose "Reading content from site $URL)" Try { $CalendarFileContent = $result.Content -split "`r`n" | Where-Object { $_ -like "SUMMARY*"} foreach ($Line in $CalendarFileContent) { $Line = $Line.ToUpper().Trim() If ($Line.StartsWith("SUMMARY")) { $LineSplit = $Line.Split(':') $DxCalls = $LineSplit[1].Trim().Split(' ') #Write-Output "$LineSplit $DxCallsLine $DxCalls" -ForegroundColor Yellow foreach($DxCall In $DxCalls) { $DxCall = $DxCall.Replace(")","") $DxCall = $DxCall.Replace("(","").Trim() If (Get-ValidCall ($DxCall)) { $arrDxCalls += $DxCall } } } } Return $arrDxCalls | Sort-Object -Unique } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to read website $URL ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } Write-Verbose "Eind Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Get-CallsFromWebsite { begin { Write-Verbose "Start Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" $CalendarCalls = @() $Ng3KCalls = @() $objDxCalls= @() # https://dx-world.net/ [uri]$CalendarURL = 'https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/hamradioweb2007%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics' # Announced DX Operations [uri]$Ng3kURL = "http://www.ng3k.com/misc/adxo.html" Write-Output "Reading website : $CalendarURL" $CalendarCalls = Get-ContentDxWorld -URL $CalendarURL Write-Verbose "Calls Readed : $CalendarCalls" Write-Output "Calls Loaded : $($CalendarCalls.Count)" #Write-DxCallsToCSV -objDxCalls $CalendarCalls -CSVFile $env:USERPROFILE\downloads\Calls_Agenda.csv Write-Output "Reading website : $Ng3kURL" $Ng3KCalls = Get-ContentNg3K -URL $Ng3kURL Write-Verbose "Calls Readed : $Ng3KCalls" Write-Output "Calls Loaded : $($Ng3KCalls.Count)" #Write-DxCallsToCSV -objDxCalls $Ng3KCalls -CSVFile $env:USERPROFILE\downloads\Calls_Ng3K.csv $objDxCalls = Add-ConcatDxCall -DxCallsArray1 $CalendarCalls -DxCallsArray2 $Ng3KCalls $NumberInputCalls = $($objDxCalls.Count) $objDxCalls = Get-CallsCleanedUp -DxCallsArray $objDxCalls Write-Output "Remove duplicate callsigns, total $NumberInputCalls, returned $($objDxCalls.Count)" return $objDxCalls Write-Verbose "Eind Function : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Update-DxHrdAlarmFile { <# .SYNOPSIS Function is to create a Dx Cluster Alarm file for use In Ham Radio DeLuxe .DESCRIPTION This function downloads callsign from DX Expeditions from websites and place It In the Alarm file from Ham Radio DeLuxe If there is no entry In the "DX Cluster Alarm Defenitions" It creates one, existing will be updated. WARNING : The file DXClusterAlarms.xml must exists! .PARAMETER $HRDLogbookDirectory Optional : Specify this parameter if the DXClusterAlarms.xml file is on an other location. Notes: * Default path = C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\HRDLLC\HRD Logbook .EXAMPLE PS> Update-DxHrdAlarmFile $HRDLogbookDirectory "" This example creates the alarmfile on default location. .EXAMPLE PS> Update-DxHrdAlarmFile $HRDLogbookDirectory "$env:USERPROFILE\downloads" This example creates a alarmfile on location "C:\Users\<user>\downloads\" .EXAMPLE PS> Update-DxHrdAlarmFile -Verbose This example gives extra information about the internal steps. .EXAMPLE .INPUTS .OUTPUTS $null #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$false)] [String] $HRDLogbookDirectory ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" if ($HRDLogbookDirectory) { $AlarmFile = "$HRDLogbookDirectory\DXClusterAlarms.xml" } else { $AlarmFile = "$env:APPDATA\HRDLLC\HRD Logbook\DXClusterAlarms.xml" } if (! (Test-Path $AlarmFile)) { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to locate file $AlarmFile ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } else { Write-Verbose "File found : $AlarmFile" } $AllDxCalls = Get-CallsFromWebsite Write-Output "Write Ham Radio DeLuxe Alarm File : $AlarmFile" Update-WriteHRDAlarmFile -DXClusterAlarmsFile $AlarmFile -DxCallsArray $AllDxCalls Write-Verbose "End Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } function Update-DxVe7ccAlarmFile { <# .SYNOPSIS Function is to create a VE7CC Cluster Alarm file for use VE7CC Cluster software .DESCRIPTION This function downloads callsign from DX Expeditions from websites and place It In the Alarm file from VE7CC cluster WARNING : The file alarm.dat must exists! .PARAMETER VE7CCDirectory Mandatory : Specify this parameter to point to location of the directory where the alarm.dat and ve7cc.exe are installed. .PARAMETER RestartVE7CC Optional : Specify this parameter restart the VE7CC application. .EXAMPLE PS> Update-DxVe7ccAlarmFile -VE7CCDirectory "D:\VE7CC" This example change the alarmfile alarm.dat in this directory. .EXAMPLE PS> Update-DxVe7ccAlarmFile -VE7CCDirectory "D:\VE7CC" -RestartVE7CC This example change the alarmfile alarm.dat in this directory and restart VE7CC application, this will read the new alarm.dat. .EXAMPLE PS> Update-DxVe7ccAlarmFile -VE7CCDirectory "D:\VE7CC" -RestartVE7CC This example change the alarmfile alarm.dat in this directory and restart VE7CC application, this will read the new alarm.dat. This example gives extra information about the internal steps. .EXAMPLE .INPUTS .OUTPUTS $null #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$false)] [String] $VE7CCDirectory, [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$false)] [Switch] $RestartVE7CC ) begin { Write-Verbose "Start Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" if ($VE7CCDirectory) { $AlarmFile = "$VE7CCDirectory\alarm.dat" $ve7ccProcessName = 've7cc' $ve7ccExe = "$VE7CCDirectory\ve7cc.exe" $ve7ccActivity = "VE7CC application, stopping and starting" } if ($DebugPreference -eq "Inquire") { $AlarmFile = "$env:USERPROFILE\downloads\alarm.dat" $ve7ccProcessName = 'notepad' $ve7ccExe = "$env:WINDIR\notepad.exe" $ve7ccActivity = "VE7CC application, stopping and starting" Write-Debug "Alarm file changend to $AlarmFile" Write-Debug ".exe changend to $ve7ccExe" Write-Output ".exe changend to $ve7ccExe" } if (! (Test-Path $AlarmFile)) { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to locate file $AlarmFile ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } else { Write-Verbose "File found : $AlarmFile" } $AllDxCalls = Get-CallsFromWebsite Write-Output "Write VE7CC Alarm File : $AlarmFile" Update-WriteVE7CCAlarmFile -AlarmFile $alarmFile -DxCallsArray $AllDxCalls if($RestartVE7CC) { Write-Output "$ve7ccActivity" if (! (Test-Path $ve7ccExe)) { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Throw "Unable to locate file $($ve7ccExe) ($ErrorMessage, $FailedItem)" } else { Stop-Application -ProcessName $ve7ccProcessName -ProcessActivity $ve7ccActivity Start-Application -ProcessName $ve7ccProcessName -ProcessToStart $ve7ccExe -ProcessActivity $ve7ccActivity } } Write-Verbose "End Module : [$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)] *************************************" } } New-Alias -Name UdxA -Value Update-DxHrdAlarmFile Export-ModuleMember -function Update-DxHrdAlarmFile -alias UdxA New-Alias -Name UdxV -Value Update-DxVe7ccAlarmFile Export-ModuleMember -function Update-DxVe7ccAlarmFile -alias UdxV |