Update-TypeData, ISE CTP3 vs ISE RC, and Teched2009 Demos

There were quite a few name changes in the ISE Object Model from CTP3 to RC

Using Update-TypeData, we can achieve some parity between the two

We can add aliases to the CTP3 version to make it look like the RC Version

 For example,

        <Name>System.Management.Automation.Host.PSGHost</Name>
        <Members>
            <AliasProperty>
                <Name>CurrentPowerShellTab</Name>
                <ReferencedMemberName>CurrentOpenedRunspace</ReferencedMemberName>
            </AliasProperty>

Will make $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab point to $psISE.CurrentOpenedRunspace

Some are more complex, and we can use ScriptPropery

            <ScriptProperty>
                <Name>AddOnsMenu</Name>
                    <GetScriptBlock>$psISE.CustomMenu</GetScriptBlock>
            </ScriptProperty>

In this example, $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu points back to $psISE.CustomMenu

Some things I couldnt proxy, for example, there is no 'Maximized' state in CTP3

With that, I make it silently ignore the request

            <ScriptProperty>
                <Name>SelectedScriptPaneState</Name>
                <GetScriptBlock>$null</GetScriptBlock>
                <SetScriptBlock>$null</SetScriptBlock>
            </ScriptProperty>

To try Dan and I's Tech-ed demos, http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/05/19/powershell-session-at-teched-2009.aspx, do

Execute "Update-TypeData -Append c:\path\to\IseRCType.ps1xml"

Execute ". c:\path\to\demo\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1"

It should add Demo items to the menu

Click on any of the menu items to start the demo

I have tried it on an Vista box running CTP3. Some errors are ignorable, YMMV... Sorry.

For Demo-GUIInstaller, it should open GUIDemo.ps1. Press F7 to move to the next comment, and F5 to run the demo

Hope this helps,

Ibrahim Abdul Rahim

[MSFT]