PowerShell Version 2.0 and later
In a previous tip we illustrated how you can use a web service to retrieve warranty information for DELL computers. We received a lot of feedback, so before we add something new, here is the code that gets the warranty information:
$serial = '36GPL41' $service = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri http://143.166.84.118/services/assetservice.asmx?WSDL $guid = [Guid]::NewGuid() $info = $service.GetAssetInformation($guid,'warrantycheck',$serial) $Entitlements = $info.Entitlements $Entitlements
Now, if you tried and added $Entitlements to some textbox in a user interface, or output it as text, the result would not be what you wanted:
PS> "Your Entitlements: $Entitlements" Your Entitlements: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewWebserviceProxy.Autogenerat edTypes.WebServiceProxy1ervices_assetservice_asmx_WSDL.EntitlementData Microsof t.PowerShell.Commands.NewWebserviceProxy.AutogeneratedTypes.WebServiceProxy1erv ices_assetservice_asmx_WSDL.EntitlementData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewWe bserviceProxy.AutogeneratedTypes.WebServiceProxy1ervices_assetservice_asmx_WSDL .EntitlementData PS>
This is because $Entitlements is an array of objects. When you display these as text, you want the PowerShell Extended Type System to process the objects, so run them through Out-String:
PS> $EntitlementsText = $Entitlements | Out-String PS> "Your Entitlements: $EntitlementsText" Your Entitlements: ServiceLevelCode : TS ServiceLevelDescription : P, ProSupport Provider : DELL StartDate : 23.03.2004 00:00:00 EndDate : 23.03.2007 00:00:00 DaysLeft : 0 EntitlementType : Expired ServiceLevelCode : ND ServiceLevelDescription : C, NBD ONSITE Provider : UNY StartDate : 23.03.2005 00:00:00 EndDate : 23.03.2007 00:00:00 DaysLeft : 0 EntitlementType : Expired ServiceLevelCode : ND ServiceLevelDescription : C, NBD ONSITE Provider : UNY StartDate : 23.03.2004 00:00:00 EndDate : 24.03.2005 00:00:00 DaysLeft : 0 EntitlementType : Expired
