SMSAgentSoftware

## Example of how to use the opensource InteractveDataDisplay module from Microsoft to create a WPF chart in PowerShell

Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem

# Location to download the required libraries and reference them from
$Source = "C:\Users\tjones\OneDrive\PowerShell\POSH Projects\Interactive Data Display"

#region DownloadDependencies
$URLs = @(

indented-automation

using namespace System.Collections.Generic; using namespace System.Linq

function Get-FileEncoding {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Attempt to determine a file type based on a BOM or file header.
    .DESCRIPTION
        This script attempts to determine file types based on a byte sequence at the beginning of the file.
        
        If an identifiable byte sequence is not present the file type cannot be determined using this method.

Jaykul

function Start-Demo {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        # A history file with a command on each line (or using ` as a line-continuation character)
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [Alias("PSPath")]
        [string]$Path
    )
    [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::ClearHistory()

inammathe

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Uses XML transformation on a specified XML file
.DESCRIPTION
    Performs XML configuration changes to a given XML file via XML-Document-Transform (XDT) commands specified within a seperate XML file.
.EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Use-XMLTransform -XML 'D:\myApp\app.config' -XDT 'D:\myApp\app.release.config'
    Transforms configuration within app.config using the XDT commands found in app.release.config
.INPUTS
    String literal paths to XML/XDT docs and optionally XmlTransform.dll

jamesfreeman959

# Useful references:
#
# https://superuser.com/questions/992511/emulate-a-keyboard-button-via-the-command-line
# https://ss64.com/vb/sendkeys.html
# https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/96b339e2-e9da-4802-a66d-be619aeb21ac/execute-function-one-time-in-every-10-mins-in-windows-powershell?forum=winserverpowershell
# https://learn-powershell.net/2013/02/08/powershell-and-events-object-events/
#
# Future enhancements - use events rather than an infinite loop
$wsh = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
while (1) {

widdowquinn

Creating a Jekyll blog on GitHub Pages with Minimal-Mistakes

Setup

First, create a new Jekyll site and corresponding GitHub Pages repository, then test it locally at http://localhost:4000:

$ gem install jekyll bundler
$ jekyll new <REPO>/
Running bundle install in /Users/<USER>/Development/GitHub/<REPO>... 

Jaykul

filter Get-DependencyTree {
    <#
        .NOTES
            From https://gist.github.com/Jaykul/304e7874d629ef4848c9acd0cfd550d0
    #>
param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
    [System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo[]]$Module, 

    $Depth = 0,

SMSAgentSoftware

Function New-WPFClock {

    ## Generates a clock displaying the current system time
    ## Requires the Arction WPF Gauges, a free download from https://www.arction.com/free-gauges/
    ## Set the location of the Arction Gauges dll on line 26

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=0)]

latkin

<#
    Dumps capture group locations and names/numbers

    Example:
    > regexinfo 'Jenny: 555-867-5309' '(?<name>\w+):\s+(?<phone>(?:(?<area>\d{3})-)?(\d{3}-\d{4}))'
    [Jenny]: [[555]-[867-5309]]
    |        ||     |
    |        ||     1
    |        |area
    |        phone

klinkby

function Get-Spreadsheet {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [ValidateScript({ Test-Path $_ -PathType Leaf })]
        [string]$Path
    )
    try {
        [DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging.SpreadsheetDocument] | Out-Null
    }
    catch {