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My December Mr. Roboto column is now online<\/a> This month\u2019s tool is a PowerShell WinForm script that uses WMI to compress files. I used PrimalForms 2009<\/a> to build the graphical interface. The interface is essentially a wizard that lets you build a WMI query to find files and compress them.  <\/p>\n

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

Results can be logged to a CSV file or you can merely list the files that match the search criteria. Here\u2019s a code excerpt.<\/p>\n

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$Compress={<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    #initialize some variables<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $filters=@()<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $i=0<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $richtextbox1.Clear()<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $drive=$txtPath.Text.Substring(0,2)<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $filter<\/span>="Drive='$drive' AND Compressed='False' AND Encrypted='FALSE'"<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $blnLog=$false<\/pre>\n
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    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $form1.Cursor="WaitCursor"<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    if<\/span> ($chkLogResults.checked) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        #create a file for logging<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $timestamp=(get-date).toString('yyyMMddhhmmss'<\/span>)<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $logfile="Squeeze_$timestamp.log"<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $blnLog=$True<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        #create the header<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        "Server,Name,Extension,FileSize,LastModified,CreationDate,Drive,Path,Result"<\/span> | out-file $logfile<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    }<\/pre>\n
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 <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    #check other filter options<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    if<\/span> ($chkSize.Checked) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        #add file size to filter<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        [int]$FileSizeValue=$txtFileSize.Text<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $size=$FileSizeValue*1KB<\/pre>\n
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        $filter<\/span>+=" AND filesize >= $size"<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    if<\/span> ($chkDate.Checked) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
         #convert datetime to a WMI datetime<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $datetime=[System.Management.ManagementDateTimeConverter]::ToDmtfDateTime($datetimepicker1.Value)<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $filter<\/span>+=" AND LastModified >= '$datetime'"<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    } #end if $chkDate.Checked<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    if<\/span> ($chkFileExtensions.Checked) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $arrExtensions=$txtExtensions.Text.split(","<\/span>)<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $extensionFilter=" "<\/span><\/pre>\n
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        for<\/span> ($c=0;$c -lt<\/span> $arrExtensions.Count;$c++) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            $extensionFilter+="extension='$($arrExtensions[$c])'"<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            if<\/span> ($c -ne<\/span> $arrExtensions.count-1) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            $extensionFilter+=" OR "<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $filter<\/span>+=" AND ($extensionFilter)"<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    } #end if $chkFileExtensions.Checked<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    #create a copy of the filter up to this point<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $basefilter=$filter<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    #get base path<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    if<\/span> ($txtPath.Text.Length -eq<\/span> 3) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        #check if drive root<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $filepath="\\\\"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $filter+="<\/span> AND path='$filepath'<\/span>"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    else {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
           #parse out file path<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
           $filepath=$txtPath.Text.Substring(2)<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
           #replace \\ with \\\\<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
           $filepath=$filepath.Replace("<\/span>\\","<\/span>\\\\")<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
           $filter+="<\/span> AND path='$filepath\\\\'"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
     }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    #add the base path to the set of filters<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $filters+=$filter<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    if ($chkRecurse.Checked) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
 <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
       #process subfolders<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
       $p=$txtPath.Text<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
       dir $p  -rec | <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
       where {$_.psIsContainer} | foreach {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
           #replace \\ with \\\\ and append the trailing \\\\<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $filepath="{0}\\\\" -f $_.fullname.substring(2).replace("\\","\\\\")<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        #append each filepath to a copy of the basefilter<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $tempFilter=$basefilter<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $tempfilter+=" AND path='<\/span>$filepath'"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        #add each subfolder path to the collection of WMI query filters<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $filters+=$tempfilter<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        } #end foreach<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
      <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    } #end if $chkRecurse.checked<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
 <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    foreach ($item in $filters) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        #run a WMI query for each filter<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $cmd=("<\/span>get-wmiobject -class CIM_DataFile -filter<\/span> ""<\/span>{0}""<\/span>" -f "<\/span>$item")<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
#        write-host $item -foregroundcolor CYAN<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $statusbar1.text="<\/span>Running Query $item"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        $files=Invoke-Expression $cmd <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        if ($files) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            foreach ($file in $files) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                $i+=1<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                $line="<\/span>{0}`n" -f $file.name<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                $richtextbox1.text+=$line<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                $form1.Refresh()<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                #compress the file if list only NOT checked<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                if (! $chkListOnly.Checked) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                    $rc=$file.Compress()<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                    $result=$rc.returnValue<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                else {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                    $result="<\/span>NA"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                #log the results if checked<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                if ($chkLogResults.checked) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
#                    "<\/span>Server,Name,Extension,FileSize,LastModified,CreationDate,Drive,Path,Result"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                    $data="<\/span>{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5},{6},{7},{8}" -f $file.CSName,$file.Name,$file.Extension,$file.FileSize,$file.ConvertToDateTime($file.LastModified),$file.ConvertToDateTime($file.CreationDate),$file.Drive,$file.path,$result<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                    $data | out-file $logfile -append<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
                }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            } #end foreach $file in $files<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        } #end if $files<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        if ($i -gt 0) {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            $statusbar1.text="<\/span>Found $i file(s) to compress"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        else {<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            $statusbar1.text="<\/span>Failed to find any files to compress."<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
        }<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
            <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    } #end foreach<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    $form1.Cursor="<\/span>Default"<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    <\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
    if<\/span> ($blnLog) {notepad $logfile}<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
} #end Compress<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The script has (I think) a nice example of providing popup help. Download SearchSqueeze.zip<\/a> <\/p>\n
Thanks to Wes Stahler for being such a willing lab rat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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