Print from PowerShell’s Integrated Scripting Environment

Since I started working with the PowerShell V# CTP, I have been using the ISE instead of PowerGUI’s script editor, as PowerGUI does not yet support .Net version 4, which is required by PowerShell V3.

One feature that is missing in the ISE is the ability to print a script.

Jeffry Hicks has a solution at http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2011/09/friday-fun-add-a-print-menu-to-the-powershell-ise/, but it uses notepad which in my opinion is severely limited (it’s monochrome, for one thing)

Since I was already copying scripts to colorized html (see previous posts, as well as scripts on powergui.org), I decided to go in another direction.

This script will create an html version of the current script (or current selection) in the ISE or the specified file using an Internet Explorer com object.

The html object includes line numbers.

Once the html is built, and the IE window is opened, you can print using IE’s print functions.

This script is extracted from a module I use to provide basic functions in the ISE that I miss from PowerGUI, or which I had added as script editor add-ons to PowerGui.

This is based on Lee Holmes Set-ClipboardScript located here: http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2009/02/03/more-powershell-syntax-highlighting/

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Copy-ToPrinter – Prints the current script from the ISE or a file passed the the Path parameter from the console.
.DESCRIPTION
This script prints a PowerShell script.
.NOTES
    File Name: Copy-ToPrinter.ps1
    Author: Karl Mitschke
    Requires: Powershell V2
    Created: 09/20/2011
.LINK
    “https://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/2010/PrintFromISE/”
    “http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Script-to-copy-the-c55f0106”
    “http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2009/02/03/more-powershell-syntax-highlighting/”

.INPUTS
Requires a file be open in the ISE, or a file path and name passed to the Path parameter.
.OUTPUTS
    This script outputs a formatted HTML version of the script with line numbers.
.EXAMPLE
    .\Copy-ToPrinter.ps1
    __________
    Prints the contents of the current PowerShell ISE tab.
.EXAMPLE
    .\Copy-ToPrinter.ps1 -Path C:\scripts\Find-EmptyGroups.ps1
    __________
    Prints the contents of the file C:\scripts\Find-EmptyGroups.ps1.
.EXAMPLE
    Get-ChildItem -Path C:\scripts\Find-DisabledMailbox.ps1 | .\Copy-ToPrinter.ps1
    __________
    Prints the contents of the file C:\scripts\Find-DisabledMailbox.ps1.
#>

param(
[Parameter(
Position = 0,
ValueFromPipeline=$true,
Mandatory = $false,
HelpMessage = “The path of the file”
)]
[string] $Path
)
Set-StrictMode -Version 2
$tokenColours = @{
    ‘Attribute’ = ‘DarkCyan’
    ‘Command’ = ‘Blue’
    ‘CommandArgument’ = ‘Magenta’
    ‘CommandParameter’ = ‘DarkBlue’
    ‘Comment’ = ‘DarkGreen’
    ‘GroupEnd’ = ‘Black’
    ‘GroupStart’ = ‘Black’
    ‘Keyword’ = ‘DarkBlue’
    ‘LineContinuation’ = ‘Black’
    ‘LoopLabel’ = ‘DarkBlue’
    ‘Member’ = ‘Black’
    ‘NewLine’ = ‘Black’
    ‘Number’ = ‘Magenta’
    ‘Operator’ = ‘DarkGray’
    ‘Position’ = ‘Black’
    ‘StatementSeparator’ = ‘Black’
    ‘String’ = ‘DarkRed’
    ‘Type’ = ‘DarkCyan’
    ‘Unknown’ = ‘Black’
    ‘Variable’ = ‘Red’
}
function Append-HtmlSpan ($block, $tokenColor){
    if (($tokenColor -eq ‘NewLine’) -or ($tokenColor -eq ‘LineContinuation’)){
        if($tokenColor -eq ‘LineContinuation’){
            $null = $codeBuilder.Append(‘`’)
        }
        $null = $codeBuilder.Append(“<br />`r`n”)
        $null = $lineBuilder.Append(“{0:000}<BR />” -f $currentLine)
$SCRIPT:currentLine++
}
    else{
        $block = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::HtmlEncode($block)
        if (-not $block.Trim()){
            $block = $block.Replace(‘ ‘, ‘ ’)
        }
        $htmlColor = $tokenColours[$tokenColor].ToString().Replace(‘#FF’, ‘#’)
        if($tokenColor -eq ‘String’ -or $tokenColor -eq ‘Comment’ ){
            $lines = $block -split “`r`n”
            $block = “”
            $multipleLines = $false
            foreach($line in $lines){
                if($multipleLines){
                    $block += “<BR />`r`n”
                    $null = $lineBuilder.Append(“{0:000}<BR />” -f $currentLine)
$SCRIPT:currentLine++
                }
                $newText = $line.TrimStart()
                $newText = “ ” * ($line.Length – $newText.Length) + $newText
                $block += $newText
                $multipleLines = $true
            }
        }
        $null = $codeBuilder.Append(“<span style=’color:$htmlColor’>$block</span>”)
    }
}
function GetHtmlClipboardFormat($html, $Caller){
$header = @”
Version:1.0
StartHTML:0000000000
EndHTML:0000000000
StartFragment:0000000000
EndFragment:0000000000
StartSelection:0000000000
EndSelection:0000000000
SourceURL:file:///about:blank
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC `”-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN`”>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>HTML Clipboard</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!–StartFragment–>
<DIV CLASS=’footerstyle’></DIV>
<DIV style=’font-family:Consolas,Lucida Console; font-size:10pt;
    width:950; border:0px solid black; padding:5px’>

<TABLE BORDER=’0′ cellpadding=’5′ cellspacing=’0′>
<TR>
    <TD VALIGN=’Top’>
<DIV style=’font-family:Consolas,Lucida Console; font-size:10pt;
    padding:5px; background:#cecece’>
__LINES__
</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD VALIGN=’Top’ NOWRAP=’NOWRAP’>
<DIV style=’font-family:Consolas,Lucida Console; font-size:10pt;
    padding:5px; background:#fcfcfc’>
__HTML__
</DIV>
    </TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
<!–EndFragment–>
</BODY>
</HTML>
“@
    $header = $header.Replace(“__LINES__”, $lineBuilder.ToString())
    $startFragment = $header.IndexOf(“<!–StartFragment–>”) +
        “<!–StartFragment–>”.Length + 2
    $endFragment = $header.IndexOf(“<!–EndFragment–>”) +
        $html.Length – “__HTML__”.Length
    $startHtml = $header.IndexOf(“<!DOCTYPE”)
    $endHtml = $header.Length + $html.Length – “__HTML__”.Length
    if ($Caller -eq “Print”){
        $header = $header.Replace(“Version:1.0”,“”)
        $header = $header.Replace(“StartHTML:0000000000”,“”)
        $header = $header.Replace(“EndHTML:0000000000”,“”)
        $header = $header.Replace(“StartFragment:0000000000”,“”)
        $header = $header.Replace(“EndFragment:0000000000”,“”)
        $header = $header.Replace(“StartSelection:0000000000”,“”)
        $header = $header.Replace(“EndSelection:0000000000”,“”)
        $header = $header.Replace(“SourceURL:file:///about:blank”,“”)
        #$header = $header.Replace(“HTML Clipboard”, (Split-Path -Path $Path -Leaf))
    }
    else{
        $header = $header -replace “StartHTML:0000000000”, (“StartHTML:{0:0000000000}” -f $startHtml)
        $header = $header -replace “EndHTML:0000000000”, (“EndHTML:{0:0000000000}” -f $endHtml)
        $header = $header -replace “StartFragment:0000000000”, (“StartFragment:{0:0000000000}” -f $startFragment)
        $header = $header -replace “EndFragment:0000000000”, (“EndFragment:{0:0000000000}” -f $endFragment)
        $header = $header -replace “StartSelection:0000000000”, (“StartSelection:{0:0000000000}” -f $startFragment)
        $header = $header -replace “EndSelection:0000000000”, (“EndSelection:{0:0000000000}” -f $endFragment)
    }
    if($Host.Name -eq ‘Windows PowerShell ISE Host’){
        #$header = $header.Replace(“HTML Clipboard”,$psise.CurrentFile.DisplayName)
    }
    $header = $header.Replace(“__HTML__”, $html)
    Write-Verbose $header
    $header
}
function Copy-ToPrinter{

    Add-Type -Assembly PresentationCore
    Add-Type -Assembly System.Web
    $SCRIPT:currentLine = 1
    if($Host.Name -eq ‘Windows PowerShell ISE Host’){
        if ($psise.CurrentFile.Editor.SelectedText.Length -eq 0){
    $text = $psise.CurrentFile.Editor.Text
    }
        else{
     $text = $psise.CurrentFile.Editor.SelectedText
    }
    }
    elseif($Path){
        $text = (Get-Content $Path) -join “`r`n”
    }
    trap { break }
    # Do syntax parsing.
    $errors = $null
    $tokens = [system.management.automation.psparser]::Tokenize($Text, [ref] $errors)
# Initialize HTML builder.
    $codeBuilder = new-object system.text.stringbuilder
    $lineBuilder = new-object system.text.stringbuilder
    $null = $lineBuilder.Append(“{0:000}<BR />” -f $currentLine)
$SCRIPT:currentLine ++
# Iterate over the tokens and set the colors appropriately.
    $position = 0
    foreach ($token in $tokens){
        if ($position -lt $token.Start){
    $block = “Second”
            $block = $text.Substring($position, ($token.Start – $position))
            $tokenColor = ‘Unknown’
            Append-HtmlSpan $block $tokenColor
        }
$block = “First”
        $block = $text.Substring($token.Start, $token.Length)
        $tokenColor = $token.Type.ToString()
        Append-HtmlSpan $block $tokenColor
        $position = $token.Start + $token.Length
    }
    $code = $codeBuilder.ToString()
    $html = GetHtmlClipboardFormat $code “Print”
    $IEApplication = New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application
    $IEApplication.Navigate2(“about:blank”,14)
    $IEApplication.Visible = $false
    if($Host.Name -eq ‘Windows PowerShell ISE Host’){
        $IEApplication.Document.frames.document.title = $psise.CurrentFile.DisplayName
    }
    Else{
        $IEApplication.Document.frames.document.title = (Split-Path -Path $Path -Leaf)
    }
    $IEApplication.Document.body.innerHTML = $html
    while ($IEApplication.busy) {Start-Sleep -Seconds 1}
    $IEApplication.ExecWB(7,2)
    #region cleanup
    while ($IEApplication.busy) {Start-Sleep -Seconds 1}
    $IEApplication.Quit()
    #endregion
}
Copy-ToPrinter -Path $Path

I suggest saving the script to a local path (say c:\scripts) and adding a reference to your PowerShell ISE profile such as:

$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.Submenus.Add(“Print Script”,{c:\scripts\Copy-ToPrinter.ps1},”Alt+Shift+P”) | Out-Null

You can either copy the script from above, or download it from TechNet

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