I have been looking for a user-friendly way to add code snippets to Powershell ISE to reduce typos and time spent copy/pasting. Borrowing a page from Jeffery Hicks' blog, I took it a step further and used multi-line comments to add large code snippets to the ISE for creating new scripts. As an example, I often write scripts that take advantage of the Quest ActiveRoles AD Management snapin. The code below allows me to use ALT + F5 as a hotkey to insert this code into the ISE quickly and easily.
$QADTools = @'
function Add-QADTools
{
$Quest = Get-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement -ErrorAction silentlycontinue
if ($Quest)
{
Write-Debug "Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement Snapin loaded"
}
if (!$Quest)
{
Write-Debug "Loading Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement Snapin"
Add-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement
if (!$?) {"Need to install AD Snapin from http://www.quest.com/powershell";exit}
}
}
Add-QADTools
'@
$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.Submenus.Add("Insert QAD Tools", `
{$psise.CurrentFile.Editor.InsertText($QADTools)},"ALT+F5") | out-Null
To implement this into the ISE, you will need to modify/create your Powershell ISE profile. To find your user profile, you will need to browse to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1 and paste the above code into the .ps1 file. This code will also add a new menu item to the Powershell ISE named 'Add-ons' with a menu item named 'Insert QAD Tools' as shown below.
Hi, how do I remove a shortcut again?
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