Comments on: Exchange 2007 Public Folder Security Groups http://blog.loftninjas.org/2008/04/30/exchange-2007-public-folder-security-groups/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: btm http://blog.loftninjas.org/2008/04/30/exchange-2007-public-folder-security-groups/comment-page-1/#comment-250 btm Fri, 02 May 2008 16:31:29 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=186#comment-250 Thanks, that was a great explanation. That a pipe is implied is just a new concept and was what I was missing. Thanks, that was a great explanation. That a pipe is implied is just a new concept and was what I was missing.

]]> By: Evan http://blog.loftninjas.org/2008/04/30/exchange-2007-public-folder-security-groups/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Evan Fri, 02 May 2008 13:30:11 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=186#comment-249 re: format-list to get more info. I can explain this a little bit. The default formatting for most cmdlets is defined (in Exchange.format.ps1xml file) to be a restricted set of properties in a "table" format (ie - pipe to format-table and only show a couple of properties). Piping the full object to nothing explicitly, therefore, will show the equivalent of piping it to "format-table" and will only show a couple of properties. If you pipe it to "format-table *" it will (try to) show all properties of the object in a table format, which will not work well since your screen isn't thousands of characters wide most likely. If you pipe the object to "format-list", in many cases there is no formatter defined for list view, so you get the full object. However, you should know that *IF* there is a list view formatter defined in the file, then you may not get the full object with just "format-list", but instead may need to do "format-list *" to indicate you wish to override the formatting and return all properties. So, in short summary -- you're always getting the full object with all properties (and they're always available if you explicitly "select" or "format-list/table" them by name or wildcard). Just in most cases, the display formatting defaults for the object are defined to only display the most important properties to the host. re: format-list to get more info. I can explain this a little bit. The default formatting for most cmdlets is defined (in Exchange.format.ps1xml file) to be a restricted set of properties in a “table” format (ie - pipe to format-table and only show a couple of properties). Piping the full object to nothing explicitly, therefore, will show the equivalent of piping it to “format-table” and will only show a couple of properties. If you pipe it to “format-table *” it will (try to) show all properties of the object in a table format, which will not work well since your screen isn’t thousands of characters wide most likely. If you pipe the object to “format-list”, in many cases there is no formatter defined for list view, so you get the full object. However, you should know that *IF* there is a list view formatter defined in the file, then you may not get the full object with just “format-list”, but instead may need to do “format-list *” to indicate you wish to override the formatting and return all properties.

So, in short summary — you’re always getting the full object with all properties (and they’re always available if you explicitly “select” or “format-list/table” them by name or wildcard). Just in most cases, the display formatting defaults for the object are defined to only display the most important properties to the host.

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