{"id":422,"date":"2009-10-07T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/out-notepad-redux\/"},"modified":"2009-10-07T13:56:42","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T17:56:42","slug":"out-notepad-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/scripting\/422\/out-notepad-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"Out-Notepad Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got some great comments and suggestion on my original version of Out-Notepad<\/a>, which should work just find on PowerShell v1.0 or 2.0. However, because v2.0 has such terrific features I decided to rework my function into a PowerShell v2.0 only version that also incorporates a few new features.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The function now includes help, which I always like, and is much more like a cmdlet now.<\/p>\n

\"captured_Image.png\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Even though I expect most people will be happy with Notepad.exe, a few will want to specify an alternate text editor. I added a \u2013editor parameter so you can specify a program. You can use an alias or filename, but it must be something that Get-Command<\/a> <\/strong>can find because if it can\u2019t verify the editor, then the function defaults back to Notepad.exe. I could have added the validation code to the parameter, but it\u2019s a little ugly and not very friendly if validation fails. My approach is a little more gentle and doesn\u2019t slow you down. You can see it in the revised code for the function.<\/p>\n

\n
Function Out-Notepad {
#requires -version 2.0<\/span>


<#<\/span>
.Synopsis
    Pipe PowerShell output to a temp file and open the file in<\/span> Notepad or an editor of your choice
.Description
    This function<\/span> creates a temporary file from pipelined input and opens in<\/span> in<\/span> a text editor of
    your choice. The default<\/span> is Notepad.exe but you can use -editor to specify the filename and path
    for<\/span> any text editor. The temp file will be deleted after closing the text editor. If you want to 
    save the output you'll need to give it a new name.
.Parameter InputObject
    Any pipelined input
.Parameter Editor
    The file name and path, if necessary, to any text editor of your choice. You can also use any
    command aliases that you have defined.

.Example
    PS C:\\> ps | out-notepad
    
    Take the output from Get-Process and send it to Notepad.
.Example
    PS C:\\> get-wmiobject win32_logicaldisk | Select * | out-notepad -editor nplus
    
    Output from the Get-WMIObject expression is sent to the temp file and opened with Notepad++
    which has been defined with an alias of nplus
.Inputs
    Accepts pipelined input
.Outputs
    None
           
.Link
   Out-File
   Out-Printer
   OUt-GridView
      
.Notes
 NAME:      Out-Notepad
 VERSION:   2.0
 AUTHOR:    Jeffery Hicks http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog
 LASTEDIT:  10\/7\/2009

  ****************************************************************
  * DO NOT USE IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT UNTIL YOU HAVE TESTED *
  * THOROUGHLY IN A LAB ENVIRONMENT. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  IF   *
  * YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SCRIPT DOES OR HOW IT WORKS, *
  * DO NOT USE IT OUTSIDE OF A SECURE, TEST ENVIRONMENT.         *
  ****************************************************************
#>

[CmdletBinding()]

Param (
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True,Position=0,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="Pipelined input.")] 
    [object[]]$InputObject,
    
    [Parameter(
     ValueFromPipeline=$False, Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage="The filename and path to your text editor of choice.")] 
     [string]$Editor="Notepad.exe"

    )


    Begin {
        Write-Debug "Beginning"
        Write-Verbose "Beginning"
        #get a temporary filename
        Write-Debug "Getting the temp filename"
        Write-Verbose "Getting the temp filename"
        $tempfile=[System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
        
        Write-Debug "Temp filename is $tempfile"
        Write-Verbose "Temp filename is $tempfile"
        #initialize a placeholder array
        $data=@()
        
        #validate -editor value if other than the default
        if ($Editor -ne "Notepad.exe") {
            Write-Verbose "Validating -editor value $editor"
            Write-Debug "Validating -editor value $editor"
            #Get-Command might return more than one entry 
            Get-Command $Editor -ea SilentlyContinue | foreach {
                Write-Debug $_.definition
                $editorpath=$_.Definition
            }
                      
         if ($editorpath -AND (Test-Path $editorPath) ) {
                Write-Debug "Command definition for $editor is $editorPath"
                Write-Verbose "Command definition for $editor is $editorPath"
                
            }
          else {
                Write-Warning "Can'<\/span>t find a command path for<\/span> $editor. Defaulting to Notepad.exe"
                $Editor="<\/span>Notepad.exe"
            }
        }
        
    } #end Begin scriptblock
    
    Process {
       #save incoming objects to a variable
       if ($InputObject) {
         $data+=$InputObject
        }
       else  {
           $data+=$_
        }
    } #end Process scriptblock
    
    End {
    
        Write-Debug "<\/span>Writing data to $tempfile"
        Write-Verbose "<\/span>Writing data to $tempfile"
        #write data to the temp file
        $data | Out-File $tempfile
        
        #open the tempfile with the specified editor and monitor the process
        Write-Debug "<\/span>Opening $tempfile with $editor"
        Write-Verbose "<\/span>Opening $tempfile with $editor"
        
        #wait for the editor to close because it may have a lock on the file
        #once closed the temp file can then be deleted.

        Start-Process $Editor $tempfile -wait
        
        #sleep for 3 seconds before continuing on with the script. Some editors like
        #Write.exe will actually launch another process, wordpad.exe, in which case
        #command will return to the script almost immediately, deleting the temp file
        #before the editor has had a chance to open it. 
        Write-Verbose "<\/span>Sleeping for<\/span> 3 seconds"
        sleep 3
         
                
        #Delete the temp file. It should still exist but we'll use an IF statement just to be neat about it.
         
        if (Test-Path $tempfile) {
            Write-Debug "<\/span>Deleting $tempfile"
            Write-Verbose "<\/span>Deleting $tempfile"
       
            del $tempfile
         }

        Write-Debug "<\/span>Exiting"
        Write-Verbose "<\/span>Exiting"
    } #end End scriptblock<\/span>

} #end Function<\/span>
<\/pre>\n
<\/div>\n
The function uses cmdlet binding so you can use \u2013Debug or \u2013Verbose since I\u2019ve coded for those parameters.<\/p>\n
Thanks to a comment from Alex, I revised the code for getting the temp file name. I knew there was a way with the .NET framework but I couldn\u2019t remember and didn\u2019t have the energy at the time to dig it up. <\/p>\n
Using $tempfile=[System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()<\/strong> creates a complete filename in the %TEMP% folder.<\/p>\n
The other major change is that I use Start-Process<\/a><\/strong> to launch the editor using the \u2013wait parameter to tell PowerShell to wait until the process finishes. Once you close Notepad, or whatever, the script sleeps for 3 seconds (I\u2019ll explain why in a moment) and then the temp file is deleted.<\/p>\n
The reason for the sleep is that during development I was testing (on Windows 7) using Wordpad which is started by using Write.exe. However, PowerShell wasn\u2019t waiting as I expected and was deleting the file before Wordpad had a chance to open it. Thanks to Lee Holmes<\/a> for digging into this for me, Write.exe launches Wordpad.exe and then exits so Start-Process<\/strong> is in fact waiting for Write.exe to finish. It has no idea that the process launched another process. My solution was to add the 3 second sleep. The downside, small though it is, is that even using the default, PowerShell will sleep for 3 seconds after you close Notepad before exiting. I can live it and I trust you can too.<\/p>\n
\n
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