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How do I convert C# code to PowerShell script?

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Completely new to powershell scripting here. But how do i convert this block of c# code to a powershell script? Is there a tool out there that newbies like myself can use?

public void BuildReport(string objectId, bool includesWebs, bool includesLists, bool includesLibraries, bool includesItems)
{
	private bool m_includeWebs = includeWebs;
	private bool m_includeLists = includeLists;
	private bool m_includeLibrariess = includeLibrariess;
	private bool m_includeItems = includeItems;
	
	try
	{
		using (new SPMonitoredScope(this.GetType().FullName + CommonResources.Colon + new StackFrame(0).GetMethod().Name))
		{
			using (SPSite site = new SPSite(m_siteUrl))
			{
				if (ExpandADGroups || ShowGroupDescriptions)
				{
					InitADGroups(site);
				}
				initializeReport(site);
				m_serverUrl = GetServerUrl(site);
				InitReportColumns(site);
				AppendReportInfo(site, objectId);
				AppendHeaderRow();
				
				switch (m_scope)
				{
					case ReportScope.Site:
						BuildSiteReport(site);
						break;
					case ReportScope.Subsite:
						BuildSiteReport(site);
						break;
					case ReportScope.Library:
						BuildSiteReport(site, objectId);
						break;
					case ReportScope.List:
						BuildSiteReport(site, objectId);
						break;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	catch (Exception ex)
	{
	
	}
}

I really appreciate the help...

Edited by Spawn10 Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:47 PM
Moved by Bill_Stewart Saturday, July 5, 2014 8:06 PM This is not "translate C# code to script for me" forum

Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:44 PM

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You could learn PowerShell and Net and C#. From there you could learn to convert C# code to PowerShell.

In the case of this code I would suggest just using the SharePoint library for PowerShell which has already coverted most of this code to PowerShell.

See the SDK for usage and class documentation:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35585

OR

http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2012/08/20/windows-powershell-cmdlets-available-in-sharepoint-server-2013-preview.aspx

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Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:01 PM
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This will bootstrap you into the DEveloper Dashboard and scope management/creation

http://graegert.de/blog/the-sharepoint-2010-developer-dashboard/

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Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:05 PM
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Off the top of my head, here are the biggest things I keep in mind when converting C# to PowerShell:

PowerShell has no "using" directive; you have to use the full namespace path to every class (with the exception that you can omit the "System." namespace from the beginning.)

PowerShell also has no "using" statement for working with IDisposable objects. Typically, you'll want to use try/finally blocks to make sure the cleanup code is called.

PowerShell can consume .NET types, but cannot create them (unless you embed C# code and use Add-Type), though you can technically simulate some class-like behavior with PSObjects and Add-Member to create ScriptProperties and ScriptMethods, etc.

PowerShell can't use C#'s LINQ feature; you have to rewrite that logic in another way.

Aside from those, you can convert quite a bit of C# code to PowerShell almost verbatim, though there are usually ways to streamline things a bit in PowerShell: using -match, -replace or -split instead of System.Text.RegularExpression.Regex calls, etc.
Friday, March 21, 2014 2:30 AM
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Of course Linq is indirectly possible:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2869967/how-to-query-list-in-powershell
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Friday, March 21, 2014 2:36 AM

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