cliHelper.xconvert

Author(s)

• Alain Herve

Tags

convert xconvert

Functions

Invoke-Converter

Dependencies

• • PsModuleBase

Release Notes

# Changelog



## v0.1.9 - Complete Method Pairs & SID Support

### ✅ New Features
- **Complete From/To Method Pairs**: Added all missing 'From' methods to complement existing 'To' methods
 - FromReverse, FromSecurestring, FromGuid, FromBoolean, FromChars
 - FromBitArrayString, FromSerialized, FromHashTable, FromDataTable
 - FromDateTime, FromOrdered, FromPSCustomObject, FromFlatObject, FromString
- **SID Conversion Support**: New ToSID and FromSID methods for Windows Security Identifier conversion
 - Support for 75+ well-known SIDs (Everyone, Administrators, Users, etc.)
 - Automatic translation between account names and SIDs
 - Proper error handling for invalid SIDs/accounts

### 🔧 Improvements
- Enhanced type safety and validation across all methods
- Better error messages with detailed context
- Consistent method signatures following established patterns

### 📋 Previous Changes (v0.1.8)
- Argument completer makes sense now :)
- Easy method chaining and Pipeline stuff
- Added argument completion for method names
- Fixed base85
- Added SID class for well-known SIDs



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## Manual install guide


1. [Click here](https://github.com/chadnpc/cliHelper.xconvert/releases/download/v<versionToDeploy>/cliHelper.xconvert.zip) to download the *PsImport.zip* file attached to the release.
2. **If on Windows**: Right-click the downloaded zip, select Properties, then unblock the file.
   > _This is to prevent having to unblock each file individually after unzipping._
3. Unzip the archive.
4. (Optional) Place the module folder somewhere in your PSModulePath.
   > _You can view the paths listed by running the environment variable $Env:PSModulePath_
5. Import the module, using the full path to the PSD1 file in place of cliHelper.xconvert if the unzipped module folder is not in your PSModulePath:
   `powershell
   # In Env:PSModulePath
   Import-Module cliHelper.xconvert

   # Otherwise, provide the path to the manifest:
   Import-Module -Path Path\to\cliHelper.xconvert\<versionToDeploy>\cliHelper.xconvert.psd1
   `