Show-CurrencyFormatting.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script re-implements an MSDN Sample showing the  
4.     use of the NumberFormatInfo class to nicely format things 
5.     in this case, currency. 
6. .DESCRIPTION 
7.     This script iterates through the Windows cultures and 
8.     displays those whose 2-letter ISO code is 'en' and  
9.     displays how Windows formats currency in that culture.  
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Show-CurrencyFormatting.ps1 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
14. .LINK 
15.     This script posted to: 
16.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
17.     MSDN sample posted to: 
18.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.numberformatinfo.aspx 
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     Psh > .\Show-CurrencyFormatting.ps1 
21.     The currency symbol for 'English (United States)' is '$' 
22.     The currency symbol for 'English (United Kingdom)' is '£' 
23.     The currency symbol for 'English (Australia)' is '$' 
24.     The currency symbol for 'English (Canada)' is '$' 
25.     The currency symbol for 'English (New Zealand)' is '$' 
26.     The currency symbol for 'English (Ireland)' is '€' 
27.     The currency symbol for 'English (South Africa)' is 'R' 
28.     The currency symbol for 'English (Jamaica)' is 'J$' 
29.     The currency symbol for 'English (Caribbean)' is '$' 
30.     The currency symbol for 'English (Belize)' is 'BZ$' 
31.     The currency symbol for 'English (Trinidad and Tobago)' is 'TT$' 
32.     The currency symbol for 'English (Zimbabwe)' is 'Z$' 
33.     The currency symbol for 'English (Republic of the Philippines)' is 'Php' 
34.     The currency symbol for 'English (Singapore)' is '$' 
35.     The currency symbol for 'English (Malaysia)' is 'RM' 
36.     The currency symbol for 'English (India)' is 'Rs.' 
37.  
38. #> 
39.  
40. #   Loop through all the specific cultures known to the CLR. 
41. foreach ($ci in [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures([System.Globalization.CultureTypes]::SpecificCultures))  
42.         { 
43.             # Only show the currency symbols for cultures that speak English. 
44.             if ($ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName -eq "en") { 
45.             # Display the culture name and currency symbol. 
46.                $nfi = $ci.NumberFormat 
47.                "The currency symbol for '{0}' is '{1}'" -f $ci.DisplayName, $nfi.CurrencySymbol 
48.             } 
49.         } 

Show-CalendarAlgorithm.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script re-implements an MSDN Sample showing the  
4.     CalendarAlgorithmType enumeration.  
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script creates there calendars and displays  
7.     algorithm type, 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-CalendarAlgorithm.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.calendaralgorithmtype.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.      
19. #> 
20.  
21. # Helper function 
22. Function Display{ 
23. Param ([System.Globalization.Calendar] $c) 
24. $name = $c.ToString().PadRight(50, '.') 
25. "{0} {1}" -f $name, $c.AlgorithmType 
26. } 
27.  
28. ## Start of script 
29.  
30. # Create three new calendars 
31. $grCal = new-object System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar 
32. $hiCal = new-object System.Globalization.HijriCalendar 
33. $jaCal = new-object System.Globalization.JapaneseLunisolarCalendar 
34.  
35. # Display them 
36. Display($grCal); 
37. Display($hiCal); 
38. Display($jaCal); 
39.  
40. [enum]::GetNames([System.Globalization.CalendarAlgorithmType]) 

Show-CurrencyGroupSize

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script reimplements a code sample from MSDN in PowerShell. 
4.     This sample formats and display currency using standard and 
5.     different currency groupings.  
6. .DESCRIPTION 
7.     This script displays a currency using standard, then two 
8.     custom CurrencyGroupSizes. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Show-CurrencyGroupSize.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.numberformatinfo.currencygroupsizes.aspx  
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     PSH:> .\Show-CurrencyGroupSize.ps1 
20.     Default numeric format string "C" 
21.     $123,456,789,012,345.00 
22.  
23.     Display with array = 2,3,4 
24.     $12,3456,7890,123,45.00 
25.  
26.     Display with array = 2,3,0 
27.     $1234567890,123,45.00 
28. #> 
29.  
30. #     Get a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture. 
31. $fi = new-object System.Globalization.CultureInfo "en-US", false 
32. $nfi = $fi.NumberFormat 
33.  
34. #     Display a value with the default separator (".") 
35. "Default numeric format string `"C`"" 
36. [Int64] $myInt = 123456789012345 
37. $myInt.ToString( "C", $nfi ) 
38.  
39. #    Display the same value with different groupings. 
40. [int[]] $mySizes1 = (2,3,4) 
41. $mySizes = 2,3,0 
42.  
43. "";"Display with array = 2,3,4" 
44. $nfi.CurrencyGroupSizes = $mySizes1 
45. $myInt.ToString( "C", $nfi ) 
46.  
47. "";"Display with array = 2,3,0" 
48. $nfi.CurrencyGroupSizes = $mySizes2 
49. $myInt.ToString( "C", $nfi ) 

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Show-StandardNFS-1.ps1

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1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the first two samples on this MSDN Page, 
4.     convered to PowerShell  
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script displays two lines of text using PowerShell 
7.     and .NET formatting information 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-StandardNFS-1.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     [Cookham8:C:\foo]> .\Show-StandardNFS.ps1 
19.     $123.46 
20.     Your account balance is $123.46. 
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Show formatting a number as currency 
24. $value = 123.456 
25. $value.ToString("C2") 
26.  
27. # Show the -f operator with currency formatting 
28. $value = 123.456 
29. "Your account balance is {0:C2}." -f $value 

Get-OSInstallDate.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets/displays the Sysgtem Uptime after 
4.     converting it from WEBM time/date format  
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script creates an instance of a SWbemDateTime object,  
7.     gets the OS install date and converts the date to a more 
8.     useful format. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Get-OSInstallDate.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393687%28VS.85%29.aspx 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh [C:\foo]> .\Get-OsInstallDate.ps1 
20.     This OS was installed in the year 2008 
21.     Full installation date (VT_DATE format) is 4/9/2008 8:17:23 PM 
22.     Full installation date (FILETIME format) is 128522458430000000 
23.  
24. #> 
25.  
26. # Create swbemdatetime object 
27. $datetime = New-Object -ComObject WbemScripting.SWbemDateTime 
28.  
29. #  Get OS installation time and assign to datetime object 
30. $os = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem 
31. $dateTime.Value = $os.InstallDate 
32.  
33. # Now display the time 
34. "This OS was installed in the year {0}"           -f $dateTime.Year 
35. "Full installation date (VT_DATE format) is {0}"  -f $dateTime.GetVarDate() 
36. "Full installation date (FILETIME format) is {0}" -f $dateTime.GetFileTime()  
37. ## 

Technorati Tags: Wmi,PowerShell script,SWebmDateTime

Register-Event1.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script registers for a WMI event 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script used PowerShell to register for then display 
6.     an event. This script is a re-write on an MSDN Sample. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Register-Event1.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393013%28VS.85%29.aspx 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     [PSH] C:\FOO> Register-Event1.ps1 
18.     Waiting for events 
19.     Log Event Occured 
20.     EVENT MESSAGE 
21.     A logon was attempted using explicit credentials. 
22.  
23.     Subject: 
24.     Security ID:        S-1-5-21-2824006062-479960714-4144511058-1105 
25.     Account Name:       tfl 
26.     ...  -> Reminder snipped for brevity 
27.     
28. #> 
29.  
30. # Define event Query 
31. $query = "SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent  
32.           WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_NTLogEvent' " 
33.  
34. # Register for event - also specify an action that 
35. # displays the log event when the event fires. 
36. Register-WmiEvent -Source Demo1 -Query $query -Action { 
37.                 Write-Host "Log Event occured" 
38.                 $global:myevent = $event 
39.                 Write-Host "EVENT MESSAGE" 
40.                 Write-Host $event.SourceEventArgs.NewEvent.TargetInstance.Message} 
41. # So wait 
42. "Waiting for events" 

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