Public/Start-OfficeApp.ps1
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Function Start-OfficeApp { <# .Synopsis Start an MS Office application .Description Start an MS Office application .Parameter Application Name of the application to start, valid options are: 'Access', 'Excel', 'InfoPathDesigner', 'InfoPathFiller', 'OneNote', 'Outlook', 'PowerPoint', 'Publisher', 'Word' .Example Start-OfficeApp .Inputs None .LINK about_functions_advanced .LINK about_CommonParameters #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType('None')] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True)] [ValidateSet('Access', 'Excel', 'InfoPathDesigner', 'InfoPathFiller', 'OneNote', 'Outlook', 'PowerPoint', 'Publisher', 'Word')] [System.String[]]$Application ) Begin { } Process { Foreach ($App in $Application) { Switch ($App) { 'Access' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\MSACCESS.EXE" } 'Excel' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\EXCEL.EXE" } 'InfoPathDesigner' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\INFOPATH.EXE" } 'InfoPathFiller' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\INFOPATH.EXE" } 'OneNote' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\ONENOTE.EXE" } 'Outlook' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\OUTLOOK.EXE" } 'PowerPoint' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\POWERPNT.EXE" } 'Publisher' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\MSPUB.EXE" } 'Word' { $App = "$Script:OfficePath\WINWORD.EXE" } Default { "Invalid option"; break } } $Executable = $App.Split("\")[-1] $FileExists = Test-Path -Path $App If ($FileExists -eq "True") { If (!(Get-Process -Name $executable -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Start-Process $App } Else { $WarnMsg = ('{0} allready started!' -f $executable) Write-Warning $WarnMsg } } Else { $ErrMsg = ('{0} not found' -f $executable) Write-Error $ErrMsg } } } End { } } |