V7.25

Install.ps1

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function ScriptGetTopCaller                   (){ [String] $f = $global:MyInvoca
                                                 if( ($f -match "^\'.+\'$") -or ($f -match "^\`".+\`"$") ){ $f = $f.Substring(1,$f.Length-2); }
                                                 return [String] $f; } # return empty if called interactive.
 function ProcessIsLesserEqualPs5              (){ return [Boolean] ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -le 5); }
-function ProcessPsExecutable                  (){ return [String] $(switch((ProcessIsLesserEqualPs5)){ $true{"powershell.exe"} default{"pwsh"}}); }
+function ProcessPsExecutable                  (){ return [String] $(switch((ProcessIsLesserEqualPs5)){ $true{"powershell.exe"} default{"pwsh"}}); } # usually in $PSHOME
 function ProcessIsRunningInElevatedAdminMode  (){ return [Boolean] ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).
                                                   IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"); }
 function ProcessRestartInElevatedAdminMode    (){ if( -not (ProcessIsRunningInElevatedAdminMode) ){

MnCommonPsToolLib/MnCommonPsToolLib.psm1

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 # Version: Own version variable because manifest can not be embedded into the module itself only by a separate file which is a lack.
 #   Major version changes will reflect breaking changes and minor identifies extensions and third number are for urgent bugfixes.
-[String] $global:MnCommonPsToolLibVersion = "7.24"; # more see Releasenotes.txt
+[String] $global:MnCommonPsToolLibVersion = "7.25"; # more see Releasenotes.txt
 
 # Prohibits: refs to uninit vars, including uninit vars in strings; refs to non-existent properties of an object; function calls that use the syntax for calling methods; variable without a name (${}).
 Set-StrictMode -Version Latest;
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ function OutStartTranscriptInTempDir          ( [String] $name = "MnCommonPsTool
                                                 [String] $f = "$env:TEMP/tmp/$name/$((DateTimeNowAsStringIso $pattern).Replace(" ","/")).$name.txt"; # works for windows and linux
                                                 Start-Transcript -Path $f -Append -IncludeInvocationHeader | Out-Null;
                                                 return [String] $f; }
-function OutStopTranscript                    (){ Stop-Transcript; }
+function OutStopTranscript                    (){ Stop-Transcript | Out-Null; } # Writes to output: Transcript stopped, output file is C:\Temp\....txt
 function StdInAssertAllowInteractions         (){ if( $global:ModeDisallowInteractions ){
                                                 throw [Exception] "Cannot read for input because all interactions are disallowed, either caller should make sure variable ModeDisallowInteractions is false or he should not call an input method."; } }
 function StdInReadLine                        ( [String] $line ){ OutStringInColor "Cyan" $line; StdInAssertAllowInteractions; return [String] (Read-Host); }
@@ -3350,3 +3350,5 @@ Export-ModuleMember -function *; # Export all functions from this script which a
 #   see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/introduction-to-cim-cmdlets/
 # - Encoding problem on PS5: There is no encoding as UTF8NoBOM, so for UTF8 it generally writes a BOM, alternative code would be:
 #   [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($f,$lines,(New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding $false))
+# - More on differences of PS5 and PS7 see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/whats-new/differences-from-windows-powershell?view=powershell-7.3
+#

Releasenotes.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Major version will reflect breaking changes, minor identifies extensions and thi
 Breaking changes are usually removed deprecated functions or changed behaviours.
 Current version can be requested by: $MnCommonPsToolLibVersion
 
+2023-07-31  V7.25  Fix OutStopTranscript.
 2023-07-11  V7.24  Fix OutStartTranscriptInTempDir, remove gh update notification, improve gh action.
 2023-06-09  V7.23  Add RegistryKeyGetOwnerAsString, Improve RegistryKeySetOwner.
 2023-05-08  V7.22  Specialize encoding from UTF8 to UTF8BOM for StreamToCsvFile, StreamToXmlFile, StreamToFile, FileWriteFromString, FileWriteFromLines, FileCreateEmpty, FileAppendLine, FileAppendLines, ToolAddLineToConfigFile.