Public/Export-VcManifest.ps1
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Function Export-VcManifest { <# .SYNOPSIS Exports the Visual C++ Redistributables JSON to an external file. .DESCRIPTION Reads the Visual C++ Redistributables JSON manifests included in the VcRedist module and exports the JSON to an external file. This enables editing of the JSON manifest for custom scenarios. .OUTPUTS System.String .NOTES Author: Aaron Parker Twitter: @stealthpuppy .LINK https://docs.stealthpuppy.com/docs/vcredist/usage/export-manifests .PARAMETER Path Path to the JSON file the content will be exported to. .PARAMETER ExportAll Switch parameter that forces the export of Visual C++ Redistributables including unsupported Redistributables. .EXAMPLE Export-VcManifest -Path "C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributablesSupported.json" Description: Export the list of supported Visual C++ Redistributables to C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributablesSupported.json .EXAMPLE Export-VcManifest -Path "C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributables.json" -Export All Description: Export the full list of Visual C++ Redistributables, including unsupported, to C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributables.json #> [Alias("Export-VcXml")] [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $False, HelpURI = "https://docs.stealthpuppy.com/docs/vcredist/usage/export-manifests")] [OutputType([String])] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline)] [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, ParameterSetName = 'Export')] [ValidateSet('Supported', 'All', 'Unsupported')] [string] $Export = "Supported" ) # Get the list of VcRedists from Get-VcList Switch ($Export) { "Supported" { Write-Verbose -Message "Exporting supported VcRedists." $vcList = Get-VcList -Export Supported } "All" { Write-Verbose -Message "Exporting all VcRedists." Write-Warning -Message "This list includes unsupported Visual C++ Redistributables." $vcList = Get-VcList -Export All } "Unsupported" { Write-Verbose -Message "Exporting unsupported VcRedists." Write-Warning -Message "This list includes unsupported Visual C++ Redistributables." $vcList = Get-VcList -Export Unsupported } } # Output the VcList object to a JSON file try { $vcList | ConvertTo-Json | Out-File -FilePath $Path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable writeError } catch { Throw "Failed to write JSON to $Path with $writeError." Break } finally { Write-Output (Resolve-Path -Path $Path) } } |