functions/Get-FormatView.ps1
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#display a listing of all defined formatting views Function Get-FormatView { [cmdletbinding()] [alias("gfv")] [OutputType("PSFormatView")] Param( [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify a typename such as System.Diagnostics.Process.",ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$TypeName = "*", [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify the version of PowerShell this cmdlet uses for the formatting data. Enter a two digit number separated by a period.")] [system.version]$PowerShellVersion = $PSversionTable.psversion ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) BEGIN ] Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)" #a regular expression pattern to match on the format type [regex]$rx = "Table|List|Wide|Custom" } #begin Process { Try { $data = Get-FormatData -Typename $Typename -PowerShellVersion $PowerShellVersion -errorAction Stop | Sort-Object -Property TypeName } Catch { Throw $_ } if ($data) { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Found $($data.count) type definitions" #$data | Out-String | Write-Verbose foreach ($item in $data) { #there might be a collection of typenames foreach ($tn in $item.TypeNames) { #$tn | out-string | write-verbose Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) PROCESS] Getting formatting view for $($tn)" foreach ($view in $item.FormatViewDefinition) { [PSCustomObject]@{ PSTypename = "PSFormatView" Format = $rx.Match($view.Control).value Name = $view.name Typename = $tn } } } #foreach tn } #foreach item } #if data } #process End { Write-Verbose "[$((Get-Date).TimeofDay) END ] Ending $($myinvocation.mycommand)" } #end } #close Get-FormatView |