Running New-Item in a form vs. running it in global area

[jsira2003@yahoo.com]

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I tried to use the new-item to create a directory in a form. The new-item worked fine with a directory path but not with a unc. My issue is not with share permissions or file permissions.

Then I did the same command successfully where you define globals. My command worked correctly. Is there any reason why a new-item command that creates a unc directory would not work in a form yet work in the area you define globals? I tried it without variables and put my actual path in between double quotes. It didn't work. The error I got was invalid path. However looking at the path on the screen, it was correct. I resolved my issue by creating a function in the globals area and calling this from the form and passing the arguments I needed to create the directory. I had the function return the err variable and all ends well.

This was perplexing! As I work in a forms environment I suspect there is an explanation for what occurred.

Any explanation would be helpful and appreciated!

thanks,
John

[davidc]

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I'm not sure the exact cause without looking at the script, but often times it can be attributed to a scoping issue.

[jvierra]

There is no reason for this except for a coding error. I suspect your code is not being executed or you would get an error.

[jsira2003@yahoo.com]

As a new users of the forms product it appears that I am constantly running into this issue. I am attempting to resolve these issues by putting more functions/variables in global and then when a form needs to do something I call the function. I also noticed a form didn't work right with out-file but worked fine with add-content. Is there certain commands to avoid while working with forms? I suspect there are limitations since I have been having repeating problems.

For my first project I have a huge challenge I am trying to learn your powershell 2017 product, use an sql database backed working exclusively with forms! I did remember when I have the sqlps loaded any files references are prefixed with FileSystem::

thanks,
John

[jvierra]

Again - this is not something that I have ever experienced with PSS and I suggest it is a coding issue. Without a exact example of what you are saying it is not possible to understand what you are seeing.