ConvertTo-PSTypeFormat.ps1
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#Inspired by: https://seeminglyscience.github.io/powershell/2017/04/20/formatting-objects-without-xml using namespace System.Management.Automation using namespace System.Collections.Generic using namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format function ConvertTo-PSTypeFormat { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline)]$InputObject, [Parameter(Mandatory)]$TypeName, [Parameter(ParameterSetName='Path')][String]$Path, [Parameter(ParameterSetName='Path')][Switch]$Force, [Parameter(ParameterSetName='Path')][Switch]$NoClobber, [Parameter(ParameterSetName='Path')][Switch]$IncludeScriptBlock, [Switch]$Wrap, [Switch]$OutOfBand ) #We want all the objects together that were passed on the pipeline, so we coalesce them into a list. begin { $FormatData = [List[Object]]@() } process { $FormatData.Add($InputObject) } end { $FormatStartData = $FormatData[0] #This type must be internal, can't do a -is compare if ($FormatStartData.gettype().fullname -ne 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData') { throw "The object on the pipeline was not Format-Table output. You must pass Format-Table output to this command." } $tableControl = [TableControl]::Create( $OutOfBand, [bool]$FormatStartData.autoSizeInfo, $formatStartData.hideHeader ) $rowDefinition = $tablecontrol.startrowdefinition($Wrap) $Columns = $formatStartData.shapeinfo.tablecolumninfolist | Select-Object alignment,label,propertyname,width $Columns.Foreach{ if (-not $PSItem.propertyName) {$PSItem.propertyName = $PSItem.label} [void]$tableControl.AddHeader($PSItem.alignment, $PSItem.width, $PSItem.label) [void]$rowDefinition.AddPropertyColumn($PSItem.propertyname, $PSItem.alignment) } [void]$rowDefinition.EndRowDefinition() $tableControl = $tableControl.EndTable() [ExtendedTypeDefinition[]]$extendedTypeDefinition = [ExtendedTypeDefinition]::new( $TypeName, [FormatViewDefinition]::new('TableCustom', $TableControl) -as [List[FormatViewDefinition]] ) if ($Path) { Export-FormatData -InputObject $extendedTypeDefinition -Path $path -Force:$Force -NoClobber:$NoClobber -IncludeScriptBlock:$IncludeScriptBlock } else { return $extendedTypeDefinition } } } |