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$richTextBox

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I am having trouble getting $report to output to the richtextbox. If I put a test "teststring" instead of the $report object it is okay. Not sure what I am missing. the file has 2 VM names in it.

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$form1_Load={
	Import-Module VirtualMachineManager
	$global:vmmsrv = "DC1SC1","DC2SC1"
}

$buttonFile_Click={
	$openfiledialog1.ShowDialog()
	foreach ($dc in $global:vmmsrv)
	{
		$file = Get-Content -Path $openfiledialog1.FileName
		$global:vm = foreach ($f in $file)
		{
			Get-SCVirtualMachine -Name $f -VMMServer $dc | where { $_.Name -match $t }
		}
	}
}

$button1_Click={
	$report = foreach ($pc in $global:vm)
	{
		New-SCVMCheckpoint -VM $pc -Description ([Environment]::UserDomainName + "\" + [Environment]::UserName) -Name "Pre-Patch"
	}
	$richtextbox1.Text = $report|Select *|FT -AutoSize|Out-String
}
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The only action I did on the richtextbox is Apply Property Set Apply Console Font
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Are you sure there is data?
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No, what do I need to read up on to see if the variable is populated?

This is the short script I wrote and worked it into a GUI.

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$vmmsrv = "systemcenter"
$list = "DSC"

$vm = foreach ($v in $vmmsrv)
{
	foreach ($t in $list)
	{
		Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer $v | where { $_.Name -match $t }
	}
}

$x = @()
foreach ($pc in $vm)
{
    New-SCVMCheckpoint -VM $pc -Description ([Environment]::UserDomainName + "\" + [Environment]::UserName) -Name "Pre-Patch"
    $x += New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSObject -Property @{
			    Name	 = $pc.Name
			    Started  = $pc.MostRecentTask.StartTime
			    Ended    = $pc.MostRecentTask.EndTime
			    Status 	 = $pc.MostRecentTask.Status
		    }
}$x|Select Name,Status,Started,Ended|fl *
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Run it under the debugger and inspect the variables.
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I ran the debug mode what do I need to do to see what's in the variable?

I looked through some of these but couldn't catch on to what they were doing for my script.
https://www.sapien.com/blog/2015/09/08/ ... -handlers/
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The "Product Manual" with instructions is on the "Help" menu panel at the far left.
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I put breakpoints on each line and added a few pieces of text before the command and after. I also added $x to the CheckPoint command. When I look at all variables under Variables in the debug console $x doesn't show up. Under $richtextbox "Begin" is listed but not "End". The checkpoint works on the VM and I verified I can revert to the previous snapshot.

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$button1_Click = {
	$richtextbox1.Text = "Begin"
	foreach ($f in $global:vm)
	{
		$x = New-SCVMCheckpoint -VM $f -Description ([Environment]::UserDomainName + "\" + [Environment]::UserName) -Name "Pre-Patch"|Out-String
	}
	$richtextbox1.Text = "End"
}
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Because $x is null. Now you get to debug your command. break should stop on "$x = <command>" but only if $global:vm is a collection with at least one member. Break and inspect $global:vm.
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$x isn't showing up in "Show all variables". $global:vm is returning the correct names from the file and then getting the virtual machine info from vmm correctly.
in the debug console if I right click on the $x statement and execute selection in debug console it shows this, but i cant find a | Out-Default anywhere

>>
At line:1 char:4
+ | Out-Default
+ ~
An empty pipe element is not allowed.
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