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Get-CommandGridView

#requires -version 3

Function Get-CommandGridView {

[cmdletbinding()]

Param([string]$Module,
[ValidateRange(1,20)]
[int]$MaxHelpWindowCount = 5
)


 #get commands for the module or snapin
 $commands = Get-Command -Module $module

 #if module or snapin not found, Get-Command doesn't throw an exception
 #so I'll simply test if $commands contains anything
 if ($commands) {
    #include the module name because $Name could contain a wildcard
    $Commands = $Commands | 
    Select-Object -Property Name,Noun,Verb,CommandType,ModuleName | 
    Out-Gridview -Title "$($Module.ToUpper()) Commands" -PassThru

    if ($Commands) {

    $Commands | Get-Help -ShowWindow

    }


 }
 else {
    Write-Warning "Failed to find any commands for module or snapin $name"
 }

} #close Get-CommandGridView

Set-Alias -Name gcgv -Value Get-CommandGridView