GUI save embedded ps1 file to disk

[jimbobukii]

Hi,
I have been looking at at a problem which I am sure someone will know the answer to,
A customer of ours has created a GUI with PS 2012, they have added a .ps1 file to the project.
I guess when they package to exe the .ps1 file will also be included?
One of the requirements is that when a button is clicked within the .exe it saves the .ps1 added to the project to the local disk - is this possible?
Reason why this is a requirement is that the PS1 file contains alot of reporting functionality which they do not want to break up or change, basically all they want to do is have a copy of the ps1 file saved locally if the button is clicked. The end user will then be able to use that PS1 file manually

I hope I have explained this correctly

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[jvierra]

In a project add it as a txt file resource and open and save it as a ps1 file in the button.

[jimbobukii]

In a project add it as a txt file resource and open and save it as a ps1 file in the button.

Thank you for the response.
Would you kindly advise of the command?

[jimbobukii]

I used the following which seemed to work
$file = Get-Content .\PS1inTextFileFormat.txt
$file | Out-File c:\testout.ps1

is this correct way to do it?

Thanks in advance

[jimbobukii]

works with

Get-Content .\PS1inTextFileFormat.txt | Out-File c:\testout.ps1 -force

I guess this would be better

[jvierra]

That would work.

[jimbobukii]

That would work.

thank you for your help

[jvierra]

You can also just store a short script internally as a strong

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$ps1=@'
.... lines of script
'@

$ps1|Out-File myscript.ps1