-Formatted
switch parameter. You may also use it to build a interactions with the user in other cases (e.g. to write extra information to the screen before prompting the user for a choice or input).TIP: When debugging you should be aware that you can set$DebugPreference = "Continue"
to see this information on screen without entering a breakpoint prompt.
[CmdletBinding()]
attribute enables the common -Verbose
and -Debug
switches which turn those streams on.modulename.format.ps1xml
file in the FormatsToProcess field of your module's PSD1 manifest, and define a PSTypeName
on your objects, so that PowerShell will format your output the way you want, automatically.[OutputType()]
attribute the output type(s) of your scripts, functions or cmdlets (see about_Functions_OutputTypeAttribute for more information).Out-Default
separately for each type of object to ensure that the outputs don't ever get mixed up by the formatter.