32 or 64 bit version of product: 64 bit
Operating system: Windows 7
32 or 64 bit OS: 64 bit
PowerShell Version: 3.0
When trying to pass a boolean value to a switch parameter (running a ps1 compiled to exe in a command prompt) the execution fails.
f.e. Test_1.0.exe -testswitch:$false
Line 1: A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'testswitch:$false'.Separating the $false value from the parameter also doesn't work.
f.e. Test_1.0.exe -testswitch $false
Line 1: Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'testswitch'. Cannot convert value "System.String" to type 'System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter". Boolean parameters accept only Boolean values and numbers, such as $True, $False, 1 or 0.A possible reason is that powershell.exe doesn't fully evaluate the script arguments when -file parameter is used.
I'm able to reproduce the issue when running powershell.exe with -file parameter.
f.e. powershell -file .\Test_1.0.ps1 -testswitch:$false
Test_1.0.ps1 : cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'testswitch'. Cannot convert value "System.String" to type 'System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter". Boolean parameters accept only Boolean values and numbers, such as $True, $False, 1 or 0. + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Test_1.0.ps1], ParentContainsErrorRecordException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Test_1.0.ps1The solution is to run powershell.exe without the -File parameter:
f.e. powershell.exe .\Test_1.0.ps1 -testswitch:$false
When you compile the ps1 file to an exe, are you passing the -File parameter to powershell.exe? And if this is the case, is it possible to remove the -File parameter?
