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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Get-FolderObjects.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays the WMI objects associated with a folder 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses the Associators Of query 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : get-folderobjects.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
13. .EXAMPLE 
14.     Get-FolderObjects "C:\Foo" 
15.         what's in C:\foo 
16.     0 Volume objects 
17.     0 Logical Disk objects 
18.     10 Directory objects 
19.     171 File objects 
20.     0 Pagefile objects 
21.     1 Security Settings 
22.     0 Share objects 
23.     0 other objects 
24. .EXAMPLE 
25.     Get-FolderObjects "C:\" 
26.       what's in C:\ 
27.     1 Volume objects 
28.     1 Logical Disk objects 
29.     18 Directory objects 
30.     8 File objects 
31.     1 Pagefile objects 
32.     1 Security Settings 
33.     1 Share objects 
34.     0 other objects   
35. #> 
36. # Function to get folder WMI object associations 
37. # Define function 
38. Function Get-FolderObjects { 
39. Param ( 
40. $Folder  =   "c:\" 
41. ) 
42.  
43. # Set query then get associations 
44. $query  = "ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_Directory.Name='$folder'}" 
45. $objs = Gwmi -q $query 
46. #    
47. # Now group them 
48. # Create empty arrays 
49. $directory = @() 
50. $datafile  = @() 
51. $pagefile  = @() 
52. $volume    = @() 
53. $filesec   = @() 
54. $share     = @() 
55. $Logdisk   = @() 
56. $unknown   = @() 
57.  
58. # Now fill the arrays 
59. foreach ($obj in $objs) { 
60.     switch  ($Obj.__class) { 
61.       "Win32_Directory"   {$directory += $obj; break} 
62.       "Cim_DataFile"      {$datafile  += $obj; break} 
63.       "Win32_PageFile"    {$pagefile  += $obj; break} 
64.       "Win32_Volume"      {$volume    += $obj; break} 
65.       "Win32_LogicalDisk" {$logdisk   += $obj; break}  
66.       "Win32_LogicalFileSecuritySetting" {$filesec += $obj; break} 
67.       "Win32_share"       {$share     += $obj; break} 
68.       default             {$unknown   += $obj; break} 
69.     } 
70. } 
71.  
72. # Display the output 
73. " what's in $folder" 
74. "{0} Volume objects"        -f $volume.count 
75. "{0} Logical Disk objects"  -f $logdisk.count 
76. "{0} Directory objects"     -f $directory.count 
77. "{0} File objects"          -f $datafile.count 
78. "{0} Pagefile objects"      -f $pagefile.count 
79. "{0} Security Settings"     -f $filesec.count 
80. "{0} Share objects"         -f $share.count 
81. "{0} other objects"         -f $unknown.count 
82. } 
83.  
84. # Here call function as an example 
85. Get-FolderObjects "C:\" 
86. "***" 
87. Get-FolderObjects "C:\foo" 

Set-ComputerName.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script renames a computer using WMI. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses the Rename method from
6.     the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class.  
7.     This is sample 5 from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394586 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Set-ComputerName.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/aa394586%28VS.85%29.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Left as an exercise for the Reader 
19. #> 
20. # This script takes two parameters, The computer to  
21. # rename and then the newname for that computer 
22.  
23. param ( 
24. [$String] $NewName = 'NewName', 
25. [$string] $Comp = "." 
26. } 
27.  
28. # Get computer object 
29. $Computer = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $comp 
30.  
31. #Rename the Computer 
32. $Return  = $Computer.Rename($NewName) 
33.  
34. if ($return.ReturnValue -eq 0) { 
35.    "Computer name is now: $NewName" 
36.    " but you need to reboot first" 
37. } else { 
38. "  RenameFailed, return code: {0}" -f $return.ReturnValue 
39. } 

Remove-WmiRegistryKey.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates removes registry key using WMI. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to get remove registry key.  
6.     This script deletes the key and everything below 
7.     it in the registry - use carefully! 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Remove-WmiRegistryKey.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/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh[C:\foo]>New-WMIRegistryKey.ps1 
19.     Key removed 
20. #> 
21.  
22. # Define Constants 
23. $HKEY_Local_Machine =2147483650  
24. $computer ='.' 
25.  
26. # Get Class to call static methods on 
27. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
28.  
29. # Define key to create 
30. $Key     = "SOFTWARE\NewKey" 
31.  
32. # Create key and display reslts 
33. $results   = $reg.DeleteKey($HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $Key) 
34. If ($results.Returnvalue -eq 0) {"Key Removed"}  

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Get-WmiRegistryBinaryValue.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script Gets and displays a registry 
4.     binary value using WMI. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script uses WMI to get, then display 
7.     a binary registry Value. 
8.     This is a re-write of a VB Sample Script. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Set-WmiRegistryBinaryValue.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/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh[C:\foo]>Get-WmiRegistryBinaryValue.ps1 
20.     54 
21.     46 
22.     4c 
23. #> 
24.  
25. # Define Constants 
26. $HKEY_Local_Machine =2147483650  
27. $computer ='.' 
28.  
29. # Get Class to call static methods on 
30. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
31.  
32. # Define key to create 
33. $ValueName = "Example Binary Value" 
34. $Values     = @(0x54, 0x46, 0x4C) 
35. $Key       = "SOFTWARE\NewKey" 
36.  
37. # Create Value entry 
38. $results   = $reg.GetBinaryValue($HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $Key, $ValueName) 
39. Foreach ($byte in $results.uvalue) {"{0}" -f $byte.tostring("x")} 

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