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@ffeldhaus
Florian Feldhaus (ffeldhaus)
opened on Aug 29, 2016

The following Function and Cmdlets are missing from Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility

Function        ConvertFrom-SddlString                             3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          ConvertFrom-String                                 3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Convert-String                                     3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          ConvertTo-Html                                     3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Export-PSSession                                   3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Import-PSSession                                   3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Out-GridView                                       3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Out-Printer                                        3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Send-MailMessage                                   3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Show-Command                                       3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Unblock-File                                       3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet          Update-List                                        3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility

It would be great if at least the Convert-FromString, Convert-String, ConvertTo-Html, Send-MailMessage and Update-List Cmdlets get implemented. The Out-GridViewand Show-Command Cmdlets may be difficult due to graphical interface requirements, similar for Out-Printer with external printer requirement. A removal notice (ideally including explanation) should be added to the release notes for the other Cmdlets if they will be permanantly removed.

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  1. vors commented on Aug 31, 2016

    @vors
    sergei (vors)
    on Aug 31, 2016
    Collaborator

    Command availability table need to be updated.

  2. Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    added
    Issue-Enhancementthe issue is more of a feature request than a bug
    WG-Cmdletsgeneral cmdlet issues
    on Sep 1, 2016

  3. MaximoTrinidad commented on Sep 4, 2016

    @MaximoTrinidad
    Maximo Trinidad (MaximoTrinidad)
    on Sep 4, 2016

    I just coming up with these missing ones. But specially I was need the ConvertTo-Html cmdlet.

  4. Pax-nl commented on Sep 7, 2016

    @Pax-nl
    PaxNL (Pax-nl)
    on Sep 7, 2016

    +1 on the missing ConvertTo-Html

  5. ed-ilyin commented on Sep 7, 2016

    @ed-ilyin
    Ed Ilyin (ed-ilyin)
    on Sep 7, 2016

    Missing Send-MailMessage

  6. Pax-nl commented on Sep 7, 2016

    @Pax-nl
    PaxNL (Pax-nl)
    on Sep 7, 2016

    This example from Technet to solve my issue with missing the ConvertTo-Html cmdlet does not work either.

    $URL = Read-Host "Enter URL to Decode" $Encode = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($URL) Write-Host "This is the Encoded URL" $Encode -ForegroundColor Green

    `

    • $Encode = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($URL)
    •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Web.HttpUtility:TypeName) [], RuntimeException
      • FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound`

    EDIT: found a working solution
    [uri]::EscapeDataString($SitePath)

  7. alanrenouf commented on Sep 8, 2016

    @alanrenouf
    Alan Renouf (alanrenouf)
    on Sep 8, 2016

    +1 on the missing ConvertTo-Html

  8. westforkfab commented on Oct 6, 2016

    @westforkfab
    Fabrizio (westforkfab)
    on Oct 6, 2016

    I successfully build the PS module in Ubuntu 16.04 as shown in https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/building/linux.md

    I am doing some tests and I have this error:

    Unable to find type [System.Net.ServicePointManager].

    Also I can't find [System.Web].

  9. Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    added
    Review - CommitteeThe PR/Issue needs a review from the PowerShell Committee
    and removed
    Review - CommitteeThe PR/Issue needs a review from the PowerShell Committee
    on Nov 1, 2016

  10. SteveL-MSFT commented on Nov 3, 2016

    @SteveL-MSFT
    Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    on Nov 3, 2016
    Member

    @PowerShell/powershell-committee reviewed this, show-command, unblock-file, out-gridview, out-printer won't be in PowerShell Core. ConvertFrom-String and Convert-String is dependent on MSR. The other ones should be in PS Core.

  11. Liturgist commented on Nov 12, 2016

    @Liturgist
    Liturgist
    on Nov 12, 2016

    Is there any documentation I could read to get a better understanding of the planned structure? Is there a definition of PowerShell Core? Are there other PowerShell ??? kits defined?

    Today I was looking for [System.Web.HttpUtility]::HtmlEncode(), but ended up using [uri]::EscapeDataString() mentioned in this issue. Not totally the same thing.

  12. pcgeek86 commented on Feb 7, 2017

    @pcgeek86
    Trevor Sullivan (pcgeek86)
    on Feb 7, 2017

    Are there plans to implement Send-MailMessage? Maybe this should be broken out into separate issues for specific cmdlet implementations.

  13. Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    added
    Up-for-GrabsUp-for-grabs issues are not high priorities, and may be opportunities for external contributors
    on Feb 7, 2017

  14. 4 remaining items

  15. iSazonov commented on Nov 5, 2017

    @iSazonov
    Ilya (iSazonov)
    on Nov 5, 2017
    Collaborator

    Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc (@MathiasMagnus) We already have Unblock-File in PowerShell Core. Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive is not in the repo.
    Did you run startup tests on the latest version?

  16. iSazonov commented on Nov 5, 2017

    @iSazonov
    Ilya (iSazonov)
    on Nov 5, 2017
    Collaborator

    Current status:

  17. MathiasMagnus commented on Nov 6, 2017

    @MathiasMagnus
    Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc (MathiasMagnus)
    on Nov 6, 2017
    Contributor

    Well, it exists, it just doesn't work.

    PS C:\Users\Matty> Unblock-File $PROFILE
Unblock-File : A rendszer nem találja a megadott fájlt
At line:1 char:1
+ Unblock-File $PROFILE
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (C:\Users\Matty\...ell_profile.ps1:String) [Unblock-File], Win32Except
   ion
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UnblockFileCommand

PS C:\Users\Matty> Test-Path $PROFILE
True

    It throws an UnautorizedAccessError exception on my own profile, and any file I tested it with. How can my setup go wrong?

  18. SteveL-MSFT commented on Nov 6, 2017

    @SteveL-MSFT
    Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    on Nov 6, 2017
    Member

    Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc (@MathiasMagnus) working for me on beta.9 using win-x64.zip release:

    unblock-file .\PowerShell-6.0.0-beta.9-win-x86.zip

    However, if the file is not blocked, you will get that error message:

    #running second time
PS C:\Users\slee\Downloads> unblock-file .\PowerShell-6.0.0-beta.9-win-x86.zip
unblock-file : The system cannot find the file specified
At line:1 char:1
+ unblock-file .\PowerShell-6.0.0-beta.9-win-x86.zip
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (C:\Users\slee\D...a.9-win-x86.zip:String) [Unblock-File], Win32Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UnblockFileCommand

    We should probably quietly succeed if that stream isn't available to remove. Created issue #5353

  19. MathiasMagnus commented on Nov 7, 2017

    @MathiasMagnus
    Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc (MathiasMagnus)
    on Nov 7, 2017
    Contributor

    Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) Thanks for looking into it, and thanks to Ilya (@iSazonov) for the fix. Not being a .NET developer (C++ and GPGPU) I very often feel dumb when I try to debug anything PS related. I just use it as an interactive shell (and very little scripting) as a replacement for bash, but with an actual type system (something I feel home at).

  20. iSazonov commented on Nov 7, 2017

    @iSazonov
    Ilya (iSazonov)
    on Nov 7, 2017
    Collaborator

    Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc (@MathiasMagnus) We welcome any feedback. Not only bugs but also the most hot features.

  21. SteveL-MSFT commented on Nov 7, 2017

    @SteveL-MSFT
    Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    on Nov 7, 2017
    Member

    I'm prepping a PR to add Update-List the other cmdlets we don't have any plans to port

  22. christian-korneck commented on Dec 31, 2017

    @christian-korneck
    Christian Korneck (christian-korneck)
    on Dec 31, 2017

    Just out of interest: What's the reason why Out-GridView won't be part of PS Core?

  23. rkeithhill commented on Dec 31, 2017

    @rkeithhill
    Keith Hill (rkeithhill)
    on Dec 31, 2017
    Collaborator

    The current implementation (in Windows PowerShell) uses WPF which isn't available on Linux or macOS.

  24. christian-korneck commented on Dec 31, 2017

    @christian-korneck
    Christian Korneck (christian-korneck)
    on Dec 31, 2017

    Keith Hill (@rkeithhill) thanks for the explanation!

  25. iSazonov commented on Dec 31, 2017

    @iSazonov
    Ilya (iSazonov)
    on Dec 31, 2017
    Collaborator

    We want and have plans to implement Out-GridView on another platform.

  26. MathiasMagnus commented on Dec 31, 2017

    @MathiasMagnus
    Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc (MathiasMagnus)
    on Dec 31, 2017
    Contributor

    When did Test-Connection disappear and why? It was in RC1 I believe...

  27. iSazonov commented on Dec 31, 2017

    @iSazonov
    Ilya (iSazonov)
    on Dec 31, 2017
    Collaborator

    Test-Connection was not ported (old Windows only code). Currently we have new ported version in #5328 but not jet merged.

  28. iSazonov commented on Sep 29, 2019

    @iSazonov
    Ilya (iSazonov)
    on Sep 29, 2019
    Collaborator

    I updated current status in #2123 (comment)
    I believe we can close the issue.

  29. Ilya (iSazonov)
    closed this as completedon Sep 29, 2019
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