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PowerShell Development : GUI Scripting

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:58:48 +0000

Author: jvierra
Subject: GUI Scripting
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:58

Hello sleezer - youare posting in the wrong forum but that's ok.

This forum in for compiled extensions to POwerShell. The parent forum is for generic PoSH questions.

Do you know how to get this information in PowerShell and the command line?

$drives = get-psdrive -psprovider FileSystem | select root
 
For file list use:
$drives|select @{Name="Path";Expression={$_.root}}| Get-ChildItem

Add these items one at a time to your combobox or listbox.

Windows PowerShell : Script File Full Path

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:37:35 +0000

Author: jvierra
Subject: Script File Full Path
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:37

It absolutely dŒs work.

File one is(first.ps1):
write-host "Hello from FIrst.ps1 $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)" -fore white -back green
.\test.ps1
 
Test.ps1 is
write-host " Hello from $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)" -foregroundcolor DarkGreen -backgroundcolor white

Output is:

Windows PowerShell : Strings aren't the object...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:22:41 +0000

Author: jvierra
Subject: Strings aren't the object...
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:22

Look into using Send-MailMessage which is one of the built in CmdLets.

Type "help send-mailmessage -full"

Much of your example can be updated due to PowerShell V2 features.

Windows PowerShell : Strings aren't the object...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:18:08 +0000

Author: cruisader03
Subject: Strings aren't the object...
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:18

Use the -InstanceID parameter for Get-EventLog

$events = Get-EventLog Application -newest 2048 -InstanceID $searchStr | Where-Object { isWithin -1 $_.TimeWritten }

Also, check using the -After -Before

Windows PowerShell : Strings aren't the object...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:20:42 +0000

Author: khauer
Subject: Strings aren't the object...
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 10:20

So, you'll have to forgive me... I've just gotten so used to VBScript. PowerShell is something I'm very interested in, but I haven't *quite* been able to make the complete adjustment to it, especially when scripting with it. (One-liners are a different story, I love its power!)

So I wrote the following script (with thanks to Mr. Snover for his "inWithin" function):

# FileName: Search-ApplicationLog.PS1

# Script Name: Search-ApplicationLog
# Created: 2010.03.10
# Author: K.Hauer

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Purpose:
# This script will search a limited number of the newest entries in the
# application log, filter out only those that were written in the last 24 hours
# and contain a specific Event ID. If it finds the particular Event ID, it will
# then send an email to a specified email address to notify of the event.
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# FUNCTION LISTINGS
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Function: isWithin
# Created: 2006.09.06
# Author: Jeffrey Snover
# Arguments: -
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Purpose:
# Go back x number of days back from "now". (The argument should be a negative
# number.)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Function isWithin([int]$days, [datetime]$Date)
{
[DateTime]::Now.AddDays($days).Date -le $Date.Date
}

# ==============================================================================
# SCRIPT BODY
# ==============================================================================

$tempFile = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName() # Creates a randomly named temp file
$searchStr = "9688" # Variable to hold the value to be searched for

# Command to parse the log file
Get-EventLog Application -newest 2048 | Where-Object { isWithin -1 $_.TimeWritten } | Where-Object { $_.EventID -match $searchStr } | Out-File $tempFile

# Variable to hold the value returned after the temp file is searched for the value in $searchStr
$selection = Select-String -pattern $searchStr -path $tempFile

# If the $selection variable is empty, the script will exit, otherwise it will send the notification email
If($selection -eq $null)
{
Remove-Item -Force $tempFile # Clean up action
Exit
}
Else
{
$email = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
$to = "recipient@domain.com" # Additional email addresses can be added, separated by commas and inside their own double quotes

Foreach($mailTo in $to)
{
$email.To.Add($mailTo)
}

$email.From = "sender@domain.com"
$email.Subject = "Custom subject line"
$email.Body = "Custom message body"

$client = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient myMailServer.domain.com # This the FQDN of the *sending* mail server
$client.UseDefaultCredentials = $true
$client.Send($email)
}

Remove-Item -Force $tempFile # Clean up action

# ==============================================================================
# END OF SCRIPT: Search-ApplicationLog.PS1
# ==============================================================================

So here I am, using PowerShell, but searching through a string to find a pattern. I *know* there must be a better, more desirable way to simply look at the log entries as they're retrieved and just evaluate based on the EventID property, but for the life of me I couldn't get it to work. Whenever I stored the "Get-EventLog" output into a variable, the variable contained quite different data from what I expected.

So, this way works, but would someone be so kind as to show me how I might do it with objects rather than strings?

Thank you in advance!

Windows PowerShell : Script File Full Path

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:38 +0000

Author: cruisader03
Subject: Script File Full Path
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 08:22

explain more about how what exactly you are trying to do please

VBScript : Moving a computer from an unknown OU to a known OU

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:29:22 +0000

Author: jvierra
Subject: Moving a computer from an unknown OU to a known OU
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 07:29

You can run a post-staging script that runs AFTER the machine is joined to the domain. THis willguarantee that teh domain canbve contacted. YOu error says youare running the script on a machine that is not "pointed" at the domain.

PowerShell Development : GUI Scripting

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:04:05 +0000

Author: sl33zer
Subject: GUI Scripting
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 07:04

Hello

I want to show in a combobox all local and network drives, when I welect one from the combobox, then all directories and files from that drive should be shown in a listbox

can anybody help me?

many thanks

VBScript : Moving a computer from an unknown OU to a known OU

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:03:24 +0000

Author: hobgoblin11
Subject: Moving a computer from an unknown OU to a known OU
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 07:03

Unfortunately cs.ini processing wont move an existing asset to a staging OU.. only a new asset.

Windows PowerShell : Script File Full Path

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:09:20 +0000

Author: skaa
Subject: Script File Full Path
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 06:09

Thank you very much! Unfortunately, it dŒs not work if I run this script file from another script file...