PowerShell 2.0 - Running scripts for the command line call vs. from the ISE

Question

After writing deployment scripts from within the ISE, we need our continuous integration (CI) server to be able to run them automatically, i.e. from the command line or via a ba

Answer 1

Here is a concrete example of the behaviour I described.

MyModule.psm1

function Get-Foo
{
    Write-Error 'Failed'
}

Script.ps1

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$currentFolder = (Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)
Import-Module $currentFolder\MyModule.psm1

try
{
    Get-Foo 
    Write-Host "Success"
}
catch
{
    "Error occurred"
} 

Running Script.ps1:

• From the ISE, or with the -File parameter

  will output "Error occurred" and stop

• From the command line without the -File parameter

  will output "Failed" followed by "Success" (i.e. not caught)