Default Template Parameters

Synopsis

This guide shows how to manage and create default parameters. Those will be inserted into template parameters unless otherwise specified.

Description

When creating a file or project from a template, usually, the user is prompted for each parameter, unless he specifies a hashtable containing all those parameters.

There is however a way to set default input for any parameter. By default, settings for ‘author’ and ‘company’ exist.

All configuration settings that start with psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault. contain default values. Let’s take a look:

Get-PSFConfig psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault.*

    Module: psmoduledevelopment


FullName                                              Value     Description
--------                                              -----     -----------
psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault.author  Friedrich The default value to set for the parameter 'Author'. This same setting can be created for any other parameter name.
psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault.company MyCompany The default value to set for the parameter 'Company'. This same setting can be created for any other parameter name.

Now, odds are, your company name isn’t MyCompany. If you want to change that setting, run this:

Set-PSFConfig psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault.company "ACME .inc"

Now, the setting has been changed (as another call to Get-PSFConfig will show you).

Want it to remember your company name beyond the current PowerShell Session? Run this after changing it:

Register-PSFConfig -FullName psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault.company

Adding a new default parameter

Now let’s assume you have templates that use a lot the þdepartmentþ parameter and you always need to insert your department.

This can be set by running these two lines (the first to set it, the second to make it remember it):

Set-PSFConfig psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault.department "Accounting"
Register-PSFConfig -FullName psmoduledevelopment.template.parameterdefault.department

And that’s it! Now all your templates will default þdepartmentþ to Accounting

Notes

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Version	1.0
Written on:	2018-03-08
Updated on:	2018-03-08