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Last Post 06 Mar 2012 02:22 PM by EBGreen. 3 Replies.

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Kevin Brown User is Offline

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06 Mar 2012 05:03 AM
Code format of the out-file cmdlet is the same in both instances but fails with an error in one instance and works flawlessly in the other. This code checks the version of IE and based on that info, the tool is either installed or not. In this case, the tool is not being installed but the out-file cmdlet fails with what appears to be an Encoding error. $reg = Get-Item ('HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version Vector'); $reg.GetValue("IE") \| Out-Null if ([string]$reg -lt 8.000) { IEDevToolBar } else { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red 'IE Version is 8.0 or greater, IEDevToolBar Is No Longer Compatible!' $Date = Get-Date maruja$1 Out-File -FilePath $LOGS'\DSKTOPTOOL.LOG' -InputObject 'IEDevToolBar Not Compatible--'$Date -Append -NoClobber } Out-File : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Encoding'. The argument "03/06/2012 08: 47:14" does not belong to the set "unicode,utf7,utf8,utf32,ascii,bigendianunicode,default ,oem" specified by the ValidateSet attribute. Supply an argument that is in the set and t hen try the command again. At S:\DEVCNTR\PSOLibrary\IBM_DESKTOP\DevDskTop_pkgs\PowerShell_Scripts\DevDskTopTools_Bui ld.ps1:106 char:14 + Out-File <<<< -FilePath $LOGS'\DSKTOPTOOL.LOG' -InputObject 'IEDevToolBar N ot Compatible--'$Date -Append -NoClobber + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Out-File], ParameterBindingValidationExc eption + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Comm ands.OutFileCommand This works in the function it resides in without an Encoding error: $Date = Get-Date Out-File -FilePath $LOGS'\DSKTOPTOOL.LOG' -InputObject $TL_NM'--'$Date -Append -NoClobber

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06 Mar 2012 05:44 AM
Try it this way. I suspect it is getting confused over parameters/values: "IEDevToolBar Not Compatible--$Date" \| Out-File "$LOGS\DSKTOPTOOL.LOG" -Append -NoClobber

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06 Mar 2012 06:19 AM
That worked but it's still weird that others worked with the arrangement in the original order.

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06 Mar 2012 02:22 PM
So to be honest I would not expect either to work. String concatenation in powershell is most commonly done either implicitly using Double Quotes: "IEDevToolBar Not Compatible--$Date" Or explicitly with the + operator: 'IEDevToolBar Not Compatible--' + $Date

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