PowerShell internally loads format data via the assorted PSControl classes. While that API is public, I haven't been able to find a public way of importing them in an existing runspace.
I was able to export them first with Export-FormatData, but I'm hoping for a way to load them without writing to a file first.
Here's an example of what I'm looking for
// Existing public API
TableControl table = TableControl.Create()
.AddHeader()
.AddHeader()
.StartRowDefinition()
.AddPropertyColumn("Name")
.AddPropertyColumn("Description")
.EndRowDefinition()
.EndTable()
var etd = new ExtendedTypeDefinition(
"MyModule.MyType",
new[] { new FormatViewDefinition("Default", table) });
// Pseudo code, not a real API
Runspace.DefaultRunspace.UpdateFormatData(etd, shouldPrepend: false);Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.1.0
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 6.1.0
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.16299
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PowerShell internally loads format data via the assorted
PSControlclasses. While that API is public, I haven't been able to find a public way of importing them in an existing runspace.I was able to export them first with
Export-FormatData, but I'm hoping for a way to load them without writing to a file first.Here's an example of what I'm looking for
Environment data