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  • File Invoke-ElevatedCommand-p.ps1 — part of check-in [c1352251ba] at 2018-06-10 13:08:19 on branch trunk — Enhanced error handling (user: Lee Holmes size: 2427)

# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Invoke-ElevatedCommand.p
# description: Enhanced error handling
# version: 0.1
# type: script
# author: Lee Holmes
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 2297
# x-derived-from-id: 3158
# x-archived: 2016-05-17T16:18:03
# x-published: 2011-10-13T16:17:00
#
#
param
(
    ## The script block to invoke elevated
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [ScriptBlock] $Scriptblock,
 
    ## Any input to give the elevated process
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
    $InputObject,
 
    ## Switch to enable the user profile
    [switch] $EnableProfile
)
 
begin
{
    Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
    $inputItems = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
}
 
process
{
    $null = $inputItems.Add($inputObject)
}
 
end
{
    ## Create some temporary files for streaming input and output
    $outputFile = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()	
    $inputFile = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
	$errorFile = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
 
    ## Stream the input into the input file
    $inputItems.ToArray() | Export-CliXml -Depth 1 $inputFile
 
    ## Start creating the command line for the elevated PowerShell session
    $commandLine = ""
    if(-not $EnableProfile) { $commandLine += "-NoProfile " }
 
    ## Convert the command into an encoded command for PowerShell
    $commandString = "Set-Location '$($pwd.Path)'; " +
        "`$output = Import-CliXml '$inputFile' | " +
        "& {" + $scriptblock.ToString() + "} 2>&1 ; " +
		"Out-File -filepath `$errorFile -inputobject `$error;" +
		"Export-CliXml -Depth 1 -In `$output '$outputFile';"
 
    $commandBytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($commandString)
    $encodedCommand = [Convert]::ToBase64String($commandBytes)
    $commandLine += "-EncodedCommand $encodedCommand"
 
    ## Start the new PowerShell process
    $process = Start-Process -FilePath (Get-Command powershell).Definition `
        -ArgumentList $commandLine -Verb RunAs `
        -Passthru `
        -WindowStyle Hidden
    $process.WaitForExit()
	
	if($process.ExitCode -eq 0)
	{
		 ## Return the output to the user
		if((Get-Item $outputFile).Length -gt 0)
		{
			Import-CliXml $outputFile
		}
	}
	else
	{
		Write-Error -Message $(gc $errorFile | Out-String)
	}
	
	## Clean up
    Remove-Item $outputFile
    Remove-Item $inputFile
    Remove-Item $errorFile
}