Public/Get-TypeAccelerator.ps1
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function Get-TypeAccelerator { <# .SYNOPSIS Get available type accelerators. .DESCRIPTION Get available type accelerators. These can be useful when trying to find or remember the different type accellerators that are available to use in PowerShell. .PARAMETER Name The name of a specific type accelerator to get. .PARAMETER GridView Show the output in a grid view. .EXAMPLE Get-TypeAccelerator -Name ADSI .NOTES Author: Sam Erde Version: 0.0.2 Modified: 2024/10/12 Thanks to Jeff Hicks (@JDHITSolutions) for helpful suggestions and improvements on this output! #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType('System.Array')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseConsistentIndentation', '', Justification = 'Fighting with VS Code autoformatting.')] param ( # Parameter help description [Parameter(Position = 0, HelpMessage = 'The name of the type accelerator, such as "ADSI."')] [SupportsWildcards()] [string] $Name = '*', # Show a grid view of the loaded assemblies [Parameter()] [switch] $GridView ) $TypeAccelerators = ([PSObject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::Get).GetEnumerator() | Where-Object { $_.Key -like $Name } | ForEach-Object { # Create a custom object to store the type name and the type itself. [PSCustomObject]@{ PSTypeName = 'PSTypeAccelerator' PSVersion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Name = $_.Key Type = $_.Value.FullName } } if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('GridView')) { if ((Get-Command -Name Out-ConsoleGridView -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -and ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Core')) { $TypeAccelerators | Out-ConsoleGridView -OutputMode Multiple } elseif ((Get-Command -Name Out-GridView -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -and ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop')) { $TypeAccelerators | Out-GridView -OutputMode Multiple } else { Write-Output 'The Out-GridView and Out-ConsoleGridView cmdlets were not found. Please install the Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools module or re-install the PowerShell ISE if using Windows PowerShell 5.1.' $TypeAccelerators | Format-Table -AutoSize } } $TypeAccelerators } |