I need help find the error in powershell script - powershell

Question

Trying to get my script to work and need some help here is my code.
#excel
#open ap
$XL = new-object -com "Excel.Application"
$XLbooks = $XL.workbooks
$netci = [system.Globalization.CompareInfo]"en-us"
$wkbk = $XLbooks.PSBase.GetType().Invokemember("Add",[Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$XLbooks,$null,$newci)
$sheet = $XLbooks.worksheets.item(1)
$sheet.name = "name"
$sheet.cells.item($row,1).formulalocal = "Fred Nurk"
$file = "c\windows\scripts\test.xlsx"
[void]$wkbk.PSBase.GetType().InvokeMember("SaveAs",[Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$wkbk,$file,$newci)
("Close",[Reflection.BindingFlags]::Invokemedthod,$null,$wkbk,0,$newci)
$XL.quit()
Errors:
Cannot convert the "en-us" value of type "System.String" to type "System.Globalization.CompareInfo".
At C:\scripts\test.ps1:5 char:44
+ $netci = [system.Globalization.CompareInfo] <<<< "en-us"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\scripts\test.ps1:7 char:34
+ $sheet = $XLbooks.worksheets.item <<<< (1)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (item:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
Property 'name' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
At C:\scripts\test.ps1:8 char:8
+ $sheet. <<<< name = "name"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (name:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\scripts\test.ps1:9 char:18
+ $sheet.cells.item <<<< ($row,1).formulalocal = "Fred Nurk"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (item:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
Exception calling "InvokeMember" with "6" argument(s): "Microsoft Excel cannot access the file 'C:\Users\Jared\Document
s\c\windows\scripts\5ADD7000'. 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\test.ps1:11 char:42
+ [void]$wkbk.PSBase.GetType().InvokeMember <<<< ("SaveAs",[Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$wkbk,$file,$n
ewci)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodTargetInvocation

Answer 1

The main issue you need to address is creating the CompareInfo. The first error tells you this line isn't working:
$netci = [system.Globalization.CompareInfo]"en-us"
So what you'll need to do is create the CompareInfo object this way:
$netci = ([system.Globalization.CultureInfo]"en-us").CompareInfo
Though instead of using this crazy way to create a workbook:
$wkbk = $XLbooks.PSBase.GetType().Invokemember("Add",[Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$XLbooks,$null,$newci)
...try this more sane way instead :D
$wkbk = $XL.workbooks.Add()
If you do it this way, you won't have to worry about creating the CompareInfo object.

Answer 2

The problem that jumps out at me is that $netci = [system.Globalization.CompareInfo]"en-us" is invalid syntax. You're not calling any method on the System.Globalization.CompareInfo class, you're just placing a string after it. PowerShell is interpreting [System.Globalization.CompareInfo] as a typecast operator, and complains that the string "en-us" can't be converted to the data type System.Globalization.CompareInfo - because that data type doesn't exist.
You need to invoke a method that operates on "en-us". You can get a list of methods from MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.compareinfo.aspx
Assuming that the method you want is GetCompareInfo (seems most likely to me - it returns a CompareInfo object), you'd write that line this way:
$netci = [System.Globalization.CompareInfo]::GetCompareInfo('en-us')
Note, BTW, that you have this variable as $netci when you create it, but as $newci in the rest of the script.
I haven't looked too deeply at the other errors, but they're probably a cascade effect from the failure to create $newci properly, so I suspect that if you fix this, the other errors will go away.