Public/Write-Message.ps1
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.NAME Write-Message .VERSION 1.0.2 .DESCRIPTION Write-Message is a wrapper around Write-Host allowing to display multiple colors of text on one line, and will write the same message to an audit log file. Additional formatting includes line message indentation, adding a blank line before the message, and adding a blank line after the message. .GUID 9e8dfd44-f782-445a-883c-70614f71519c .AUTHOR DecimalZero .COMPANYNAME NestLink .COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) DecimalZero. All rights reserved. .TAGS Write-Message Write-Host Color PowerShell Console Audit Logs Logging Windows Linux MacOS .LICENSEURI https://github.com/DecimalZero/Dz-Write-Message/blob/main/LICENSE .PROJECTURI https://github.com/DecimalZero/Dz-Write-Message .ICONURI https://github.com/DecimalZero/Dz-Write-Message/blob/main/Write-Message.png .RELEASENOTES https://github.com/DecimalZero/Dz-Write-Message/blob/main/README.md .REQUIRESMODULE N/A .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES N/A .REQUIREDSCRIPTS N/A .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES N/A .PRIVATEDATA N/A .PARAMETERS Data | The message to be passed into the function. | EXAMPLE: Write-Message 'Warning: The number of customers exceeded the maximum number of 39!!' 'Yellow' | | Alternatively, Double Quotes can be utilized to add variables. | EXAMPLE: Write-Message "Warning: The number of customers exceeded the maximum number of $MaxNumber!!" 'Yellow' | Color | Font Colors: All font colors supported by PowerShell. | | Black, Blue, Cyan, DarkBlue, DarkCyan, DarkGray, DarkGreen, DarkMagenta | | DarkRed, DarkYellow, Gray, Green, Magenta, Red, White, & Yellow | | | Single Font Color: | | If No font color is specified, font color White will be used. | | EXAMPLE: Write-Message 'Warning: The number of customers exceeded the maximum number of 39!!' | | | | Alternatively, no quotes are required when defining the color. | | EXMAPLE: Write-Message 'Warning: The number of customers exceeded the maximum number of 39!!' Red | | | Multiple Font Colors on Same Line: | | Must seperate by "|" without quotes and must have the exact number of "|" as in the message. | | EXAMPLE: Write-Message 'Warning: |The number of customers exceeded the maximum number of |39|!!' 'Red|White|Yellow|White' | | | -Indent1 | Add line indentation before the message. | EXAMPLE: Write-Message 'Hello World' 'Yellow' -Indent1 | -Indent2 | Add line indentation before the message | EXAMPLE: Write-Message 'Hello World' 'Yellow' -Indent2 | -AddLineBefore | Adds a line before the message. | EXAMPLE: Write-Message 'Hello World' 'Yellow' -AddLineBefore | -AddLineAfter | Adds a line after the message. | EXAMPLE: Write-Message 'Hello World' 'Yellow' -AddLineAfter | .EXAMPLE Write-Message 'Warning: |The number of customers exceeded the maximum number of |39|!!' 'Red|Cyan|Yellow|Cyan' -Indent2 -AddLineBefore -AddLineAfter .AUDITLOGS If the $Global:AuditLogPathFile variable is missing, no logs will be written. The following example would be placed before this function. # Set audit folder name variables $AuditFolderName = 'AuditLogs' # Set global audit log path file $Global:AuditLogPathFile = (($PSScriptRoot) + ("\$AuditFolderName\") + ($(get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss)) + ('-SomeFileName.log')) # Check if audit folder exists, if not create it If(-Not(Test-Path -LiteralPath (($PSScriptRoot) + ("\$AuditFolderName")))){ New-Item -Path $PSScriptRoot -Name $AuditFolderName -ItemType "Directory" | Out-Null } #> Function Write-Message{# Function to write message to host and audit log Param ( [String]$Data, [String]$Color = 'White', [Switch]$Indent1, [Switch]$Indent2, [Switch]$AddLineAfter, [Switch]$AddLineBefore ) # Set indent line If($Indent1){ $IndentMessage = ' - ' }Else { If($Indent2){ $IndentMessage = ' ' }Else { $IndentMessage = $Null } } # Set add line before If($AddLineBefore){ $AddLineBreak = "`n" }Else { $AddLineBreak = $Null } # Process multicolor host message If($Data.Contains('|')){ # Split data array $DataMember = $Data.Split('|') # Split color array $DataColor = $Color.Split('|') # Loop through each data member in array For ($x = 0; $x -lt $DataMember.Count; $x++){ Switch ($x){ # Beginning of string {$x -eq 0} { # Write the data to the host the nonewline switch Write-Host (($AddLineBreak) + ($IndentMessage) + ($DataMember[$x])) -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $DataColor[$x] # Add first data pass to message variable $MassageData = $IndentMessage + $DataMember[$x] } # End of string {$DataMember.Count -eq $x+1}{ # Check for the addline switch If($AddLineAfter){ # Write the data to the host and include a new line space afterwards Write-Host $DataMember[$x] -ForegroundColor $DataColor[$x]; Write-Host }Else { # Check for the nonewline switch If($NoNewLine){ # Write the data to the host and include a new line space afterwards Write-Host $DataMember[$x] -ForegroundColor $DataColor[$x] -NoNewline }Else { # Write the data to the host Write-Host $DataMember[$x] -ForegroundColor $DataColor[$x] } } # Add first data pass to message data variable $MassageData = $MassageData + $DataMember[$x] } # Middle of string Default { # Write the data to the host Write-Host $DataMember[$x] -ForegroundColor $DataColor[$x] -NoNewline # Add data pass to message data variable $MassageData = $MassageData + $DataMember[$x] } } } }Else {# Process single host message # Check if add line before flag exists If($AddLineBefore){ Write-Host } # Check if new line flag exists If($AddLineAfter){ Write-Host ($IndentMessage + $Data) -ForegroundColor $Color; Write-Host }Else { Write-Host ($IndentMessage + $Data) -ForegroundColor $Color } # Add data to message variable $MassageData = $IndentMessage + $Data } # Save message to audit log If ($Global:AuditLogPathFile){ If($AddLineBreak){ Add-Content ((get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss) + (':')) -Path $Global:AuditLogPathFile } If($AddLineAfter){ Add-Content ((get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss) + (': ') + ($MassageData)) -Path $Global:AuditLogPathFile Add-Content ((get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss) + (':')) -Path $Global:AuditLogPathFile }Else { Add-Content ((get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss) + (': ') + ($MassageData)) -Path $Global:AuditLogPathFile } } } |