Required/Reserved/UtilityBelt/Functions/Write-Color.ps1
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function global:Write-Color([String[]]$Text, [ConsoleColor[]]$Color = "White", [int]$StartTab = 0, [int] $LinesBefore = 0,[int] $LinesAfter = 0, [string] $LogFile = "", $TimeFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") { # version 0.2 # - added logging to file # version 0.1 # - first draft # # Notes: # - TimeFormat https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx $DefaultColor = $Color[0] if ($LinesBefore -ne 0) { for ($i = 0; $i -lt $LinesBefore; $i++) { Write-Host "`n" -NoNewline } } # Add empty line before if ($StartTab -ne 0) { for ($i = 0; $i -lt $StartTab; $i++) { Write-Host "`t" -NoNewLine } } # Add TABS before text if ($Color.Count -ge $Text.Count) { for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Text.Length; $i++) { Write-Host $Text[$i] -ForegroundColor $Color[$i] -NoNewLine } } else { for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Color.Length ; $i++) { Write-Host $Text[$i] -ForegroundColor $Color[$i] -NoNewLine } for ($i = $Color.Length; $i -lt $Text.Length; $i++) { Write-Host $Text[$i] -ForegroundColor $DefaultColor -NoNewLine } } Write-Host if ($LinesAfter -ne 0) { for ($i = 0; $i -lt $LinesAfter; $i++) { Write-Host "`n" } } # Add empty line after if ($LogFile -ne "") { $TextToFile = "" for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Text.Length; $i++) { $TextToFile += $Text[$i] } Write-Output "[$([datetime]::Now.ToString($TimeFormat))]$TextToFile" | Out-File $LogFile -Encoding unicode -Append } } |