{"id":4985,"date":"2016-05-09T08:02:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T12:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2016-05-09T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T12:02:10","slug":"converting-text-to-html-revised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/4985\/converting-text-to-html-revised\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting Text to HTML Revised"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago I published a PowerShell function to convert text files into HTML listings<\/a>. I thought it would be handy to convert scripts to HTML documents with line numbering and some formatting. Turns out someone actually used it! He had some questions about the function which led me to revisit it and realize there were some improvements to be made.<\/p>\n

Part of the challenge with this project is that the function takes an existing text file and creates a much larger text file. On one hand this is to be expected because we are adding HTML to it.\u00a0 But I wanted to find ways to keep the size down.<\/p>\n

After some HTML style tweaking, I found a better way to preserve the\u00a0 formatting without dramatically increasing the file size. I also added an option so that you can specify an alternate CSS file. If you don't use one, then the function will insert a default style into the head section. I also gave you the option to specify your own document title.<\/p>\n

The revised script, which includes defining an alias, is now a gist on GitHub.<\/p>\n