#requires -version 3.0

Function Convert-CodetoSnippet {

[cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$True)]

Param(

[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,

HelpMessage="Enter some code text or break, select text in the ISE and try again.")]

[ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]

[string]$Text

)

Add-Type -AssemblyName "Microsoft.VisualBasic"

$title = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox("Enter a title for your snippet",$MyInvocation.mycommand.name)

if ($title) {

$description = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox("Enter a description for your snippet",$MyInvocation.mycommand.name,"This is required")

if ($description) {

$author = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox("Enter an author for your snippet",$MyInvocation.mycommand.name,$env:username)

if (!$author) {

$author=" "

} #if author

} #if description

else {

#if no description assume user cancelled

Write-Warning -Message "No description was specified. Operation cancelled."

Return

}

if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($title) ) {

Try {

New-IseSnippet -Title $title -Text $Text -description $Description -author $Author

}

Catch {

$message = ("There was an error creating the snippet. `n`n{0} `n`nDo you want to force an overwrite?" -f $_.exception.message)

$returnValue=[microsoft.visualbasic.interaction]::Msgbox($message,"YesNo,Exclamation",$MyInvocation.MyCommand.name)

if ($returnValue -eq "yes") {

#re-run the command but this time with -Force

New-IseSnippet -Title $title -Text $Text -description $Description -author $Author -Force

}

}

} #shouldprocess

}

} #end Convert-CodeToSnippet

Set-Alias ccs Convert-CodeToSnippet