Purpose of the Windows PowerShell ISE Scripting Object Model

You can use the object model to modify the application settings and options. For example, you can modify them as follows:

• You can change the color of errors, warnings, verbose outputs, and debug outputs.
  
  
• You can get or set the background colors for the Command pane, the Output pane, and the Script pane.
  
  
• You can set the foreground color for the Output pane.
  
  
• You can set the font name and font size for Windows PowerShell ISE.
  
  
• You can configure warnings. This includes warnings that are issued when a file is opened in multiple PowerShell tabs or when a script in the file is run before the file has been saved.
  
  
• You can switch between a view where the Script Pane and the Output Pane are side-by-side and a view where the Script Pane is on top of the Output Pane. You can dock the Command Pane at the bottom or the top of the Output Pane.
  
  

You can use the object model to enhance the functionality of Windows PowerShell ISE. For example, you can:

• Make additions and modifications to the instance of the Windows PowerShell ISE itself. For example, you can change the menus by adding new menu items and by mapping the new menu items to scripts.
  
  
• Create scripts that perform some of the tasks that you can perform by using the menu commands and buttons in Windows PowerShell ISE. For example, you can add, remove, or select a PowerShell tab.
  
  
• Complement tasks that can be performed by using menu commands and buttons. For example, you can rename a PowerShell tab.
  
  
• Manipulate text buffers for the Command pane, the Output pane, and the Script pane that are associated with a file. For example, you can:
  
  
  • Get or set all text.
    
    
  • Get or set a text selection.
    
    
  • Run a script or run a selected portion of a script.
    
    
  • Scroll a line into view.
    
    
  • Insert text at a caret position.
    
    
  • Select a block of text.
    
    
  • Get the last line number.
    
    
• Perform file operations. For example, you can:
  
  
  • Open a file, save a file, or save a file with a different name.
    
    
  • Determine whether a file has been changed since it was last saved.
    
    
  • Get the file name.
    
    
  • Select a file.
    
    

You can use the scripting object model to create keyboard shortcuts for frequent operations.