I am new to PowerShell, so I may have missed something simple. I am trying to run a file checksum for Start-PsFCIV, outlined here.
My attempt is below, where I have also tried excluding the -Path parameter, as well as using relative/absolute paths.
PS C:\Users\Lucas\Downloads> Start-PsFCIV -Path C:\Users\Lucas\Downloads\DXSDK_Jun10.exe -HashAlgorithm SHA1
Set-Location : Cannot find path 'C:\Users\Lucas\Downloads\DXSDK_Jun10.exe' because it does not exist.
At C:\Scripts\PsFCIV_2.5.ps1:227 char:3
+ Set-Location -LiteralPath $path
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\Lucas\Downloads\DXSDK_Jun10.exe:String) [Set-Location], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand
Test-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'LiteralPath' because it is an empty string.
At C:\Scripts\PsFCIV_2.5.ps1:280 char:32
+ if (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath $XML)) {return New-Object PsFCIV.FCIV}
+ ~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Test-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorEmptyStringNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand
__fromxml : Input XML file is not valid FCIV XML file.
At C:\Scripts\PsFCIV_2.5.ps1:511 char:9
+ $sum = __fromxml $xml
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,__fromxml
Exception setting "VerboseForegroundColor": "Cannot convert value "-1" to type "System.Windows.Media.Color". Error: "Invalid cast from 'System.ConsoleColor' to 'System.Windows.Media.Color'.""
At C:\Scripts\PsFCIV_2.5.ps1:607 char:4
+ $host.PrivateData.VerboseForegroundColor = $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], SetValueInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExceptionWhenSetting
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Scripts\PsFCIV_2.5.ps1:612 char:4
+ $sum.FILE_ENTRY.Add($entry)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
Exception setting "VerboseForegroundColor": "Cannot convert value "-1" to type "System.Windows.Media.Color". Error: "Invalid cast from 'System.ConsoleColor' to 'System.Windows.Media.Color'.""
At C:\Scripts\PsFCIV_2.5.ps1:607 char:4
+ $host.PrivateData.VerboseForegroundColor = $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], SetValueInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExceptionWhenSetting
How can I get this command to work? I could not find any solutions or similar problems after ~15 min search.
The first exception you get is thrown by Set-Location cmdlet that for some reason is used in the Start-PsFCIV script. Set-Location expects a folder as its -LiteralPath argument but you pass it a file instead.
As per "Useful Examples" on the PsFCIV webpage the solution is to use -Include argument. Example:
Start-PsFCIV -Path C:\tmp -Include InstallPackage.msi -XML DB.XML -HashAlgorithm SHA512
# Checks only InstallPackage.msi file in C:\tmp folder by using SHA512 hash algorithm.
Related
Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Key'.
At line:380 char:43
+ if ((Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key Spacebar).Function -eq ...
+ ~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.GetKeyHandlerCommand
Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Key'.
At line:383 char:43
+ if ((Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key Enter).Function -eq 'O ...
+ ~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.GetKeyHandlerCommand
This appears everytime whenever I open my powershell. What can I do to fix this?
Looking for a solution.
You need to update the PSReadLine module. Run:
Install-Module PsReadLine -Force
I just need to call another script and pass the parameters to it.
I tried doing invoke-expression to access it, i tried using &, and nothing worked
I tried doing the following:
$hostfile = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\csvfile_test.csv"
$outFile = ".\testerFile.xlsx"
& '.\organizer.ps1' "-csvFile $hostfile -outputPath $outFile "
Invoke-Expression 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\organizer.ps1' "$hostfile $outFile"
I receive the following errors:.
with ampersand (&):
PS C:\Users\username\Desktop> C:\Users\username\Desktop\scanner.ps1
Exception calling "ReadLines" with "1" argument(s): "The given path's format is not supported."
At C:\Users\username\Desktop\scanner.ps1:48 char:1
+ [System.IO.File]::ReadLines("$csvFile") | ForEach-Object {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedException
with invoke-expression:
Exception calling "ReadLines" with "1" argument(s): "The given path's format is not supported."
At C:\Users\username\Desktop\scanner.ps1:48 char:1
+ [System.IO.File]::ReadLines("$csvFile") | ForEach-Object {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedException
Invoke-Expression : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\csvfile_test.csv .\testerFile.xlsx'.
At C:\Users\username\Desktop\scanner.ps1:69 char:1
+ Invoke-Expression 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\organizer.ps1' "$host ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-Expression], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeExpressionCommand
When you write this:
& '.\organizer.ps1' "-csvFile $hostfile -outputPath $outFile "
you are passing a single parameter to the script (one quoted string). That's not what you want.
This is what you need:
$hostfile = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\csvfile_test.csv"
$outFile = ".\testerFile.xlsx"
.\organizer.ps1 -csvFile $hostfile -outputPath $outFile
First, you don't need the & (invocation) operator because your command name (the organizer.ps1 script in the current location, in this example) doesn't contain spaces. (You can add it if you want, but it's unnecessary in this scenario.)
Second, the -csvFile and -outputPath parameters each require a string.
Specification:
OS Windows 10
SQL Server 2012
Languages and software used:
Powershell
Excel 2010
Code:
#Define locations and delimiter
$csv = "\\READYSHARE\USB_Storage\Trucking_Inc\SomeFile.csv" #Location of the source file
$xlsx = "\\READYSHARE\USB_Storage\Trucking_Inc\SomeFile2.xlsx" #Desired location of output
$delimiter = "," #Specify the delimiter used in the file
# Create a new Excel workbook with one empty sheet
$excel = New-Object -ComObject excel.application
$workbook = $excel.Workbooks.Add(1)
$worksheet = $workbook.worksheets.Item(1)
# Build the QueryTables.Add command and reformat the data
$TxtConnector = ("TEXT;" + $csv)
$Connector = $worksheet.QueryTables.add($TxtConnector,$worksheet.Range("A1"))
$query = $worksheet.QueryTables.item($Connector.name)
$query.TextFileOtherDelimiter = $delimiter
$query.TextFileParseType = 1
$query.TextFileColumnDataTypes = ,1 * $worksheet.Cells.Columns.Count
$query.AdjustColumnWidth = 1
# Execute & delete the import query
$query.Refresh()
$query.Delete()
# Save & close the Workbook as XLSX.
$Workbook.SaveAs($xlsx,51)
$excel.Quit()
Job error:
Executed as user: NT Service\SQLAgent$Server. ...l.exe -file "C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1"Microsoft Excel cannot access the file '\READYSHARE\USB_Storage\Trucking_Inc\SomeFile2.csv'. There are several possible reasons: The file name or path does not exist. The file is being used by another program. The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open workbook. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:12 char:1 + $Workbook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($ExcelFilePath) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:13 char:1 + $Worksheet = $Workbook.Sheets.Item(1) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:21 char:1 + Out-File -FilePath C:\Scripts\process.txt -InputObject $Columns.Cells ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:22 char:1 + Write-Host $Columns.Cells(5,5).Value + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:161 char:1 + $eRow = $Worksheet.cells.item(1,1).entireRow + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:162 char:1 + $active = $eRow.activate() + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:163 char:1 + $active = $eRow.insert($xlShiftDown) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:164 char:1 + $Worksheet.Cells.item(1,1) = "TRANSACTION_DATE" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:165 char:1 + $Worksheet.Cells.item(1,2) = "AMOUNT" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:166 char:1 + $Worksheet.Cells.item(1,3) = "TYPE_OF_AUTHORIZATION_AND_DATE" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\Scripts\trasaction.ps1:167 char:1 + $Worksheet.Cells.item(1,4) = "CHECK_NUMBER" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot ... Process Exit Code 0. The step succeeded.
Things that were tried.
giving perminsions for the SqlServerAgent. Which readyshare will not let me do.
making the file path with powershell script name in to a bat file to be executed from the C: drive to get into the file path.
Notes:
This powershell script runs great from the command prompt by manually opening up cmd and executing. Even works great from the ISE (x86) manually.
However, when using this from a job you get the error listed above.
I have tried to get the readyshare drive to give SQLSeverAgent permissions but reverts back to original permissions. The router I have is a nightHawk router
and I didn't see any setting with in the router to give permissons either tried through Windows 10 but reverts back to original permissions.
Checked these suggestion from the message
The file name or path does not exist.
The file is being used by another program.
The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open workbook.
None applied.
Is there any work around or option I may not know about? Need some guidance or pointer in the right direction.
Whenever I open the package manager console in new VS 2017 session, it shows the below two error messages, and the for all intents and purposes operates normally. At least for vanilla commands like Install-Package.
Join-Path : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'System.String' required by parameter 'ChildPath'. Specified method is not supported.
At C:\Dev\.NET\Projects\AcmeSoft\Code\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.0\tools\init.ps1:13 char:57
+ ... rPackageDirectory = Join-Path $packageDirectory $compilerPackage.Name
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Join-Path], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand
and
Join-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At C:\Dev\.NET\Projects\AcmeSoft\Code\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.0\tools\init.ps1:14 char:44
+ ... erPackageToolsDirectory = Join-Path $compilerPackageDirectory 'tools'
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Join-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand
The offending line for the first is:
$compilerPackageDirectory = Join-Path $packageDirectory $compilerPackage.Name
with the error at $compilerPackage.Name (i.e. "char:57")
The offending line for the second is:
$compilerPackageToolsDirectory = Join-Path $compilerPackageDirectory 'tools'
with the error at $compilerPackageDirectory 'tools'.
Can anyone with more Nuget and or PowerShell skills than me explain why this is happening, and how I can fix it, please?
$sumList= New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[int]
$eventList = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[string]
$preSumList= New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[int]
$threadInitDelay = [int]$commaSplit[++$eventIndex].Split(':')[1].Trim()
$preProcessTime = [int]$commaSplit[++$eventIndex].Split(':')[1].Trim()+[int]$commaSplit[++$eventIndex].Split(':')[1].Trim()+$commaSplit[[int]++$eventIndex].Split(':')[1].Trim()
$respTime = [int]$commaSplit[++$eventIndex].Split(':')[1].Trim();
$index =$eventList.FindIndex({param([string]$s) return $s -like 'hi'})
if($index -eq -1){
$eventList.Add($eventName)
$sumList.Add($threadInitDelay)
$respSumList.Add($respTime)
Getting this error:
Method invocation failed because [System.Int32[]] doesn't contain a method named 'Add'.
At D:\Powercel\PowershellPractice.ps1:151 char:19
+ $sumList.Add <<<< ($threadInitDelay)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Add:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
Method invocation failed because [System.Int32[]] doesn't contain a method named 'Add'.
At D:\Powercel\PowershellPractice.ps1:152 char:23
+ $respSumList.Add <<<< ($respTime)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Add:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
Method invocation failed because [System.Int32[]] doesn't contain a method named 'Add'.
At D:\Powercel\PowershellPractice.ps1:153 char:23
+ $respMaxTime.Add <<<< ($respTime)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Add:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
Method invocation failed because [System.Int32[]] doesn't contain a method named 'Add'.
At D:\Powercel\PowershellPractice.ps1:155 char:19
+ $minTime.Add <<<< ($threadInitDelay)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Add:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
Could you please help me out?
A possible scenario is that you were testing and actually casted those variables like the error states. The error is not wrong. Those variables are not the list types that you have in your code. I can almost reproduce this issue:
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> [int[]]$sumlist = 5,5
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> $sumlist.GetType().Fullname
System.Int32[]
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> $sumlist.Add(5)
Exception calling "Add" with "1" argument(s): "Collection was of a fixed size."
At line:1 char:1
+ $sumlist.Add(5)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedException
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> $sumlist = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[int]
While I didn't get the same error as you the point is the type of the variable didn't change even though I tried to recasted it. That is because of property of the variable explained in this answer by PetSerAl. Have a look at the command Get-Variable sumlist | ft Name,Attributes and you should see System.Management.Automation.ArgumentTypeConverterAttribute. Removing the variable and starting again I get your expected behavior.
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> Remove-Variable sumlist
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> $sumlist = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[int]
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> $sumlist.Add(5)
PS M:\Scripts\Inno\Output> $sumlist.GetType().FullName
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]