Public/Export-VcXml.ps1
Function Export-VcXml { <# .SYNOPSIS Exports the Visual C++ Redistributables XML to an external file. .DESCRIPTION Reads the Visual C++ Redistributables XML manifests included in the VcRedist module and exports the XML to an external file. This enables editing of the XML manifest for custom scenarios. .OUTPUTS System.String .NOTES Name: Export-VcXml Author: Aaron Parker Twitter: @stealthpuppy .LINK https://github.com/aaronparker/Install-VisualCRedistributables .PARAMETER Path Path to the XML file the content will be exported to. .PARAMETER Export Switch parameter that defines the list of Visual C++ Redistributables to export - All Redistributables or Supported Redistributables only. Defaults to exporting the Supported Redistributables. .EXAMPLE Export-VcXml -Path "C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributablesSupported.xml" -Export Supported Description: Export the list of supported Visual C++ Redistributables to C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributablesSupported.xml. #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $False)] [OutputType([String])] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0, HelpMessage = "Path to the XML file content will be exported to.")] [ValidateNotNull()] [ValidateScript({ If (Test-Path $(Split-Path -Path $_ -Parent) -PathType 'Container') { $True } Else { Throw "Cannot find path $(Split-Path -Path $_ -Parent)" } })] [string] $Path, [Parameter(Mandatory = $False)] [ValidateSet('All', 'Supported')] [string] $Export = "Supported" ) Begin { Switch ($Export) { "All" { $Xml = Join-Path (Join-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.ModuleBase "Manifests") "VisualCRedistributablesAll.xml" } "Supported" { $Xml = Join-Path (Join-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.ModuleBase "Manifests") "VisualCRedistributablesSupported.xml" } } If (!(Test-Path -Path $Xml -PathType 'Leaf')) { Throw "Cannot find file $Xml. Reinstall the VcRedist module." } } Process { # Read the specifed XML document Try { Write-Verbose "Reading XML document $Xml." [xml] $xmlDocument = Get-Content -Path $Xml -ErrorVariable xmlReadError -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } Catch { Throw "Unable to read $Xml. $xmlReadError" } } End { # Write the document out to the file system and return the path to the file. Write-Verbose "Writing XML to $Path." $xmlDocument.Save($Path) Write-Output $Path } } |