How I work.

Adam Bertram started this GitHub site inspired by the Lifehacker “How I Work” series and Thom asked me to post also a page of me. So – here we go!

Where are you located?:

Microsoft Office in Munich, Germany but i actually live in Ingolstadt.

What is/are your current gig(s):

Well i work for Microsoft as Premier Field Engineer and it´s fun!
But what is this job role about?
Some people think, that i am just a more expensive consultant… other persons even can´t imagine anything… so I will spend some words about my job role.

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PSConfAsia 2016 SessionMaterial

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Hi together,

i have been the last days in Singapore at the PSConfAsia 2016 and had 3 Sessions:

  • Powershell GUI with XAML
  • PS Centralised Repo Server
  • Setting up JEA effectively

It has been a great event with great speakers. Here i attached my material of my 3 slots for the interested ones 😉  here

Video material is going to follow.

Best regards,

David

 

 

SupportDesk Tool – SolutionCenter -german version 1.1

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Hi together,

today i am publishing the version 1.1 of my SolutionCenter in german.

In short – it is a SupportDesk-Tool to:

  • Share and store centralized Links for a team – this links can be:
    • File / Script links
    • Folder Links
    • Website links
    • Links automatically filled with clipboard
  • Backup folders in different timespans to configurable spaces
  • Send messages to the whole team

with additional

  • Access configuration
  • Logging
  • Fallback Server in local Links
  • Overview of actual usage
  • Modifyable Layout and Design

 

It is downloadable HERE

For further information take a look here:

https://powerintheshell.com/2015/11/14/solutioncenter-v1-02-german/

Best regards,

David

 

LogFileParser 0.2 – Good to know!

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Hi there,

as i described in my previous post here, i created a LogFileParser and did some work on it.

Download: https://github.com/ddneves/LogFileParser


First of all i want to show you some of my findings in this project, which i did not all foresee:

Findings:

  • following first line is much faster than second one (even more for big files):
$t = (Get-Content -Path $Path -ReadCount 1000).Split([Environment]::NewLine)
$t = Get-Content -Path $Path
  • Performance for the parsing loop
    StreamReader with While <<<< Foreach() << Foreach-Object < piped Functions (fastest by 20% vs. Foreach-Object)
  • Parallelizing with e.g. Invoke-Parallel did not work out till now
    • it was not as fast as i expected  (10-30%) and brought some memory problems with larger or multiple files
  • Filtering Performance
    • Where-Object {}  << .Where{} (fastest) Take look here
  • Classes in Powershell are fun!
  • Overriding ToString() in some classes makes sense and creates better overviews
    • ToString() is called, when you list the class up – for Example:
      Listing up a list of ParsedLogFile would show { ParsedLogFile, ParsedLogFile}
      To give the user an better overview you override ToString in ParsedLogFile:
    #Overriding ToString to show the LogFilenames in the overview
    [string] ToString()
    {
        return ($this.LogFilePath).ToString()
    }

and now you see a list of the filepaths.

  • Generic Lists with classes work!
     $this.ParsedLogFiles = New-Object -TypeName System.Collections.Generic.List``1[ParsedLogFile]
    
  • Export-CliXML for self made nested classes works.
    • But be careful – the object you get after importing it again is a deserialized object, which can not be casted to its previous class. But you can work easily with it by not using any datatype.
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New stuff:

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LogFileParser – Classes and Enums

Hi together,

i created a LogFileParser (continuation from here), which can handle till now 4 different LogFileTypes:
SCCM-Logs
DISM
CBS
Upgrade-Logs

It´s written for Powershell v5, because it makes use of classes and i wanted to show you, how you can work with enums and classes.

Here is how you can make use of it: (can be found in Examples.ps1)

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Download: https://github.com/ddneves/LogFileParser

Its code is written with Powershell classes which can be easily extended with additional helper functions or new LogFileTypes.

I integrated also a helper function to retrieve a range of cells before and after defined cell rownumbers. I used it to gather all rows, which contain “*error*” and all the 20(x) rows before and after for a whole file.

#requires -Version 5

<#	
        .NOTES
        ===========================================================================
        Created on:   	07.08.2016
        Created by:   	David das Neves
        Version:        0.1
        Project:        LogAnalyzer
        Filename:       LogFileParser.ps1
        ===========================================================================
        .DESCRIPTION
        Parses Logfiles into the class ParsedLogFile, which is integrated in the class LogFileParser
#> 


## Enumeration of the LogFileTypes
enum LogFileTypes { 
    SCCM
    CBS   
    Upgrade
    DISM
}
   
## Class of the LogParser which can open n logfiles
class LogFileParser
{
    #region Props

    # Generic List of all parsed LogFiles of Type "ParsedLogfile" (Class)
    [System.Collections.Generic.List``1[ParsedLogFile]] $ParsedLogFiles

    # FilePath
    [String] $LogFilePath
    
    #endregion

    #region Funcs

    # Constructor
    LogFileParser($LogFilePath)
    {            
        # Constructor Code
        if (Test-Path $LogFilePath)
        {       
            $allLogFiles = Get-ChildItem $LogFilePath -Filter *.log -Recurse
            $this.ParsedLogFiles = New-Object -TypeName System.Collections.Generic.List``1[ParsedLogFile]
            $this.LogFilePath = $LogFilePath
            foreach ($file in $allLogFiles)
            {                
                $fileType = Get-LogFileType $file.Name  
                $this.ParsedLogFiles.Add([ParsedLogFile]::new($file.FullName, $fileType))   
            }            
        }
        else
        {
            Write-Error -Message 'Path was not reachable. Please verify your Path.'
        }    
    }
    #endregion
}

class ParsedLogFile
{
    #region Props

    #Hidden variable for the keys in the logfile.
    hidden [string[]] $ColumnNames

    # FilePath of the parsed log.
    [string] $LogFilePath
   
    #The parsed logging data.
    $ParsedLogData

    #LogFileType for this file
    [LogFileTypes] $LogFileType

    #endregion

    #region Funcs

    ## standard constructor
    ## LogFileType SCCM is set
    ParsedLogFile($LogFilePath)
    {        
        $this.LogFileType = [LogFileTypes]::SCCM
        $this.LogFilePath = $LogFilePath
        $this.LogFileType = $this.LogFileType
        $this.Init()
    }

    ## Constructr with LogFileType
    ParsedLogFile($LogFilePath, $LogFileType)
    {     
        $this.LogFilePath = $LogFilePath
        $this.LogFileType = [LogFileTypes]$LogFileType
        $this.Init()
    }

    ## Initialization of class and log
    hidden Init()
    {        
        if (Test-Path -Path $this.LogFilePath)
        {            
            # Constructor Code
            $this.LogFilePath = $this.LogFilePath
            Write-Host -Object "Parsing LogFile $($this.LogFilePath) with LogfileType $($this.LogFileType)."
            $actualParsedLog = Get-RegExParsedLogfile -Path $this.LogFilePath -LogFileType $this.LogFileType
            Write-Host -Object 'Parsing done.'
            $this.ParsedLogData = $actualParsedLog.Log
            $this.ColumnNames = $actualParsedLog.Keys
        }
        else
        {
            Write-Error -Message "Path was not reachable. Please verify your Path: $($this.LogFilePath)."
        }   
    }

    # Returns the column Keys
    [string[]] GetColumnNames()
    {
        return $this.ColumnNames
    }

    # Returns lines with errors
    [int[]] GetLinesWithErrors()
    {
        $LinesWithErrors = ($this.ParsedLogData).Where{
            $_.Entry -like '*error*'
        }
        return $LinesWithErrors
    }

    # Returns lines with errors
    [int[]] GetLinesWithErrorsHeuristic()
    {
        $LinesWithErrors = (($this.ParsedLogData).Where{
                $_.Entry -like '*error*'
        }).RowNum
        $RowList = Get-RowNumbersInRange $LinesWithErrors
        $ShowingRows = ($this.ParsedLogData).Where{
            $_.RowNum -in $RowList
        }
        return $LinesWithErrors
    }

    # Returns lines with errors
    # Overload with Range
    [int[]] GetLinesWithErrorsHeuristic([int]$Range)
    {
        $LinesWithErrors = (($this.ParsedLogData).Where{
                $_.Entry -like '*error*'
        }).RowNum
        $RowList = Get-RowNumbersInRange $LinesWithErrors -Range $Range
        $ShowingRows = ($this.ParsedLogData).Where{
            $_.RowNum -in $RowList
        }
        return $LinesWithErrors
    }
    
    # Returns lines with errors
    [int[]] GetRowNumbersWithErrors()
    {
        $LinesWithErrors = (($this.ParsedLogData).Where{
                $_.Entry -like '*error*'
        }).RowNum
        return $LinesWithErrors  
    }
    #endregion
}



function Get-RowNumbersInRange
{
    <#
            .Synopsis
            Get-RowNumbersInRange
            .DESCRIPTION
            Heuristic method, which returns a list of all transmitted rowlines addiing a number of lines n ($Range) before and after.
            .EXAMPLE
            $rowsWithErrors = 21,345,456
            $allRowsToSHow = Get-RowNumbersInRange -RowNumbers $rowsWithErrors -Range 10 
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]    
    Param
    (
        #Previous calculated set of rowNumbers.
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
                ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
        Position = 0)]
        $RowNumbers,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,                   
        Position = 1)]
        [int]$Range = 20
    )
    Begin
    { }
    Process
    {
        $allShowingRowNumbers = New-Object -TypeName System.Collections.Generic.List``1[Int]
        foreach ($rowNum in $RowNumbers)
        {
            $min = $rowNum - $Range
            $max = $rowNum + $Range

            for ($x = $min; $x -lt $max; $x += 1) 
            {
                $allShowingRowNumbers.Add($x)
            }
        }        
        $allShowingRowNumbers
    }
    End
    { }
}


function Get-LogFileType
{
    <#
            .Synopsis
            Get-LogFileType
            .DESCRIPTION
            Returns the type of the transmitted LogFile.
            .EXAMPLE       
            $LogFileType = Get-LogFileType -LogFileName 'dism.log'
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]    
    Param
    (
        #Name of the logFile
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
                ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
        Position = 0)]
        $LogFileName
    )
    Begin
    { }
    Process
    {
        switch ($LogFileName)
        {
            #DISM
            {
                $_ -like 'dism*'
            }     
            {
                [LogFileTypes]::DISM 
                break
            }

            #Upgrade
            {
                $_ -like 'setupact*'
            } 
            {
                [LogFileTypes]::Upgrade
                break
            }
            {
                $_ -like 'setuperr*'
            } 
            {
                [LogFileTypes]::Upgrade
                break
            }

            #CBS
            {
                $_ -like 'cbs*'
            }      
            {
                [LogFileTypes]::CBS
                break
            }
                  
            #SCCM
            default                
            {
                [LogFileTypes]::SCCM
            }
        }
    }
    End
    { }
}

function Get-RegExParsedLogfile
{
    <#
            .SYNOPSIS
            Returns a ordered hashtable list for a log by using Regex.
            .DESCRIPTION
            The Regular Expression splits a single line of the log file into named keys.
            This is used for a whole log file and a ordered hashtable list is returned.
            .EXAMPLE
            $parsedLogFile = Get-RegExParsedLogfile -Path 'c:\windows\CCM\ccmexec.log' -LogFileType SCCM | Out-GridView
            .EXAMPLE
            Get-RegExParsedLogfile -Path 'c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log' -LogFileType CBS | Out-GridView
            .EXAMPLE
            cls 
            $parsedLogFile = Get-RegExParsedLogfile -Path 'c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log' 
            $parsedLogFile.Log.Line | Where-Object { $_ -like '*error*' }
            The Logfile is written into the hastable with the integrated key "Line".
            You can filter these with where.
            .EXAMPLE
            $rx = '(?<Date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s+(?<Time>(\d{2}:)+\d{2}),\s+(?<Type>\w+)\s+(?<Component>\w+)\s+(?<Message>.*)$'
            $parsedLogFile = Get-RegExParsedLogfile -Path 'c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log' -RegexString $rx
            $parsedLogFile.Keys    
            .EXAMPLE
            $rx='<!\[LOG\[(?<Entry>.*)]LOG]!><time="(?<Time>.*)\.\d{3}-\d{3}"\s+date="(?<Date>.*)"\s+component="(?<Component>.*)"\s+context="(?<Context>.*)"\s+type="(?<Type>.*)"\s+thread="(?<Thread>.*)"\s+file="(?<File>.*):(?<CodeLine>\d*)">' 
            $parsedLogFile = Get-RegExParsedLogfile -Path 'c:\windows\CCM\ccmexec.log' -RegexString $rx
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        #Contains the log file destination.
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [System.String]
        $Path = 'c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log',
        
        #Contains the RegEx with named keys
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 1)]
        [System.String]
        $RegexString = '(?<Line>.*)$',
        
        #ValidateSet of the differenct preconfigured LogFileTypes               
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 2)]
        [LogFileTypes]$LogFileType = 'SCCM',

        #Filter
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 3)]
        [System.String]
        $GatherOnlyLinesWhichContain = '' 
    )
    
    $t = (Get-Content -Path $Path -ReadCount 1000).Split([System.Environment]::NewLine)

    if ($GatherOnlyLineWhichContain)
    {
        $t = $t| Select-String $GatherOnlyLinesWhichContain
    }    

    [regex]$rx = $RegexString

    # for each LogFileType a different Regex-String is used to parse the log.
    switch ($LogFileType)
    {
        'SCCM'       
        { 
            $rx = '<!\[LOG\[(?<Entry>.*)]LOG]!><time="(?<Time>.*)\.\d{3}-\d{3}"\s+date="(?<Date>.*)"\s+component="(?<Component>.*)"\s+context="(?<Context>.*)"\s+type="(?<Type>.*)"\s+thread="(?<Thread>.*)"\s+file="(?<File>.*):(?<CodeLine>\d*)">' 
            break
        }
        'CBS'        
        { 
            $rx = '(?<Date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s+(?<Time>(\d{2}:)+\d{2}),\s+(?<Type>\w+)\s+(?<Component>\w+)\s+(?<Message>.*)$'
            break
        }
        'Upgrade'
        {
            $rx = '(?<Date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s+(?<Time>(\d{2}:)+\d{2}),\s+(?<Type>\w+)\s{1,17}(\[(?<ErrorCode>\w*)\])?(?<Component>\s\w+)?\s+(?<Message>.*)'
            break
        }
        'DISM'
        {            
            $rx = '(?<Date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s+(?<Time>(\d{2}:)+\d{2}),\s+(?<Type>\w+)\s{1,18}(?<Component>\w+)?\s+(?<Message>.*)'
            break
        }
        
        default      
        {
            Write-Error -Message 'Not Type has been set or found.'
        }
    }        
        
  
    [string[]]$names = 'RowNum'  
    $names += $rx.GetGroupNames() | Where-Object -FilterScript {
        $_ -match '\w{2}'
    } 
    
    [long]$rowNum = 0   
    $data = $t | ForEach-Object -Process  {
        $rx.Matches($_) | ForEach-Object -Process {
            $match = $_
            $names | ForEach-Object -Begin {
                $hash = [Ordered]@{}
               # $thisDate = $null
            } -Process {
                if ($_ -eq 'RowNum')
                {
                    $rowNum += 1
                    $hash.Add($_, $rowNum) 
                }
                elseif ($_ -eq 'Thread')
                {                    
                    $hash.Add($_, [int]($match.groups["$_"].Value)) 
                }
                else
                {
                    $hash.Add($_, $match.groups["$_"].Value)
                }                
            } -End {
                $thisDate=[datetime]($hash.Date + ' ' + $hash.Time)
                $hash.Add('DateTime', $thisDate)                
                [PSCustomObject]$hash
            }
        }
    }    
    $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
    $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Keys -Value $names
    $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Log -Value $data 
    $object    
}

 

I hope, you like it.

 

Best regards,

David

PSGUI v0.5 new Editor! Colors! and more!

Hey together,

i have very nice news for you!
I managed to exchange the integrated Text-editor of PSGUI with AvalonEdit.

Take a look at this fantastic new features:

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  • CodeStyling
  • LineNumbers
  • Searching (Ctrl+F)
  • Better Jumping to the EventHandlers
  • Wrapping
  • Unlimited Undo and Redo
  • and more

Also i did lots of BugFixes, added some Examples and some new little functions – like the Button “Open in ISE”, which opens all 3 DialogFiles in the Powershell_ISE or the “Open”-Button for the Dialog-Folders and also some improvements in the dialogs for “New-Dialog” and “Rename-Dialog”.

A imporant hint here – to create new Dialogs or rename Dialogs you have to start the PSGUI-Manager with Admin-Rights. For example – out of a ISE / Powershell console, which has been opened with Admin rights. I will address this topic later on.

I personally think, that this was one of the most valuable changes in the last time. But keep tuned – lots of functions are still planned, before we get to version 1.0.

Things like:

  • Export/Import Dialogs
  • Creating GUI-Packages
  • more Assistance for GUI-Creators
  • more Examples to show more complicated stuff
  • and probably – Intellisense – but lets see

 

And last but not least:

Installation is now as easy as any possible – with PowershellGallery – described here.

 

Best regards,

David

PSGUI – v0.33 – PowershellGallery!

Hi together,

now you can gather the installation data also in the PowershellGallery!

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Herefore you just need Powershell v5 / WMF5.

The commands are as follow:

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This installation though needs admin rights (also later on) because it is installed in the ModulePath in ProgramFiles. To get around this you can install it into your UserPath this way:

Install-Module PSGUI -Scope CurrentUser

And then you are ready to go!

Best regards,

David