I'm attempting to create a function for a script module that verifies the previous parameter has been set before it shows the next parameter.
The parameters I need are Identity, Share and Quota. I always want Identity to show, I don't want Share to show until the Identity has been set and I don't want Quota to show until the Share has been set.
I'm able to easily access $Identity, I'm not able to access $Share from within DynamicParam{}. I stepped through the script using PowerGUI and I was only able to see $Share when I hit Begin{}.
I have a way to workaround this by just showing Share/Quota if Identity is set, but ultimately I would like to learn how to keep adding additional parameters based on the previously set parameter.
A copy of the function is below. personfileutility.exe is just an executable we use to interact with the various systems to provision and gather information on a user.
function New-PersonalFiles
{
[CmdletBinding()]
Param
(
# Param1 help description
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
$Identity
)
DynamicParam
{
$paramDictionary = new-object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
if (($Identity -notlike "") -or ($Identity -notlike $null)){
$attributes = new-object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
$attributes.ParameterSetName = "__AllParameterSets"
$attributes.Mandatory = $true
$lookup = [xml](\\servername\personalfiles\personfileutility.exe -a $Identity)
$type = $lookup.User.user_directory.type.type
if ($type -like "other" -or $type -like "staff") {
$arguments = @()
$arguments += "\\fileserver\sharename"
}
elseif ($type -like "faculty") {
$arguments = @()
$arguments += "\\fileserver\sharename"
$arguments += "\\fileserver\sharename2"
}
elseif ($type -like "student") {
$arguments = @()
$arguments += "\\fileserver2\sharename"
}
$ParamOptions = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute -ArgumentList $arguments
$attributeCollection = new-object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
$attributeCollection.Add($attributes)
$attributeCollection.Add($ParamOptions)
$dynParam1 = new-object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("Share", [String], $attributeCollection)
$paramDictionary.Add("Share", $dynParam1)
}
if (($Share -like "\\fileserver\*"))
{
$attributes2 = new-object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
$attributes2.ParameterSetName = "__AllParameterSets"
$attributes2.Mandatory = $true
$lookup = [xml](\\servername\personalfiles\personfileutility.exe -a $Identity)
$type = $lookup.User.user_directory.type.type
if ($type -like "other" -or $type -like "staff") {
$arguments = @()
$arguments += "15GB"
$arguments += "20GB"
}
elseif ($type -like "faculty") {
$arguments = @()
$arguments += "10GB"
$arguments += "15GB"
}
elseif ($type -like "student") {
$arguments = @()
$arguments += "5GB"
$arguments += "10GB"
}
$ParamOptions2 = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute -ArgumentList $arguments2
$attributeCollection2 = new-object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
$attributeCollection2.Add($attributes2)
$attributeCollection2.Add($ParamOptions2)
$dynParam2 = new-object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("Quota", [String], $attributeCollection2)
$paramDictionary.Add("Quota", $dynParam2)
}
return $paramDictionary
}
<#
.Synopsis
Short description
.DESCRIPTION
Long description
.EXAMPLE
Example of how to use this cmdlet
.EXAMPLE
Another example of how to use this cmdlet
#>
Begin
{
}
Process
{
\\servername\personalfiles\personfileutility.exe -a $Identity -c -q ((Invoke-Expression $PSBoundParameters.Quota) / 1KB) -s $Share
}
End
{
}
}