Creating your own objects

There are several ways to create new objects in PowerCLI. In fact, you have already been creating new objects by using the Select-Object –Property command. In this section, you will learn more ways to create new objects.

Using the New-Object cmdlet

PowerShell has its own cmdlet for creating objects: New-Object. You can use this cmdlet to create a Microsoft .NET Framework or COM object.

The New-Object cmdlet has the following syntax:

New-Object [-TypeName] <String> [[-ArgumentList] <Object[]>] [-Property <IDictionary>] [<CommonParameters>]

New-Object [-ComObject] <String> [-Property <IDictionary>] [-Strict [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Using a hash table to create an object

The easiest way to create a Microsoft .NET Framework object as the output of your PowerCLI scripts is to create a PSObject type object using a hash table. The following example creates an object with two members of member type NoteProperty...