http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2007/03/07/invoke-expression.aspxI fixed a bug in Start-Demo (Script attached) that is worth exploring. The heart of Start-Demo is to get a line from file, display it and then run it showing the output. To do this I used Invoke-Expression (For simplicity sakes, I'm going to show youen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2007/03/07/invoke-expression.aspx#9948229Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:13:59 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9948229Karl Reitschuster<p>Thank you that's exactly what i needed;</p> <p>I am parsing a SQL file for database build automation which contains some Powershell function calls to include other sql - sources into the main-script ...</p> <p>Parsing was not the problem - but executing the powershell function was not possible because the environment was re-initialized - something like a child environment of a korn-shell;</p> <p>/Karl</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9948229" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2007/03/07/invoke-expression.aspx#3069504Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:00:56 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3069504leedesmond’s blog » Blog Archive » Q quit on Start-Demo<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.leedesmond.com/weblog/?p=115">http://www.leedesmond.com/weblog/?p=115</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3069504" width="1" height="1">