Hi,

I wanted my logging function to be able to accept objects, so I can easily save the information to a file. The problem was that I often saved the string PsObject or Collection[] instead of the actual values. So here is my helper function that converts any object's property name and value into a very long string. Not sure if this is of actual use, but it was fun playing around with it.

Let me know what you think.

Function Convert-ObjectToString {

    PARAM
    (

        [parameter()]
        [psobject]$InputObject

    )

    $PropertyNames = $InputObject.psobject.properties.name


    foreach($PropertyName in $PropertyNames)
    {

        #if the property's value is $null, continue with the next property
        if(-not $InputObject.$($PropertyName)){Continue}

        #if the property's value is an object (the inner object) 
        if($InputObject.$($PropertyName).gettype().name -eq "Object[]")
        {

            #append the property's name
            $NewString  = "['{0}'=" -f ($PropertyName)

            #and call Convert-ObjectToString recusrively for each inner object.
            $NewString  = Foreach($InnerObject in $($InputObject.$($PropertyName)))
            {

                Write-Output "{"
                Convert-ObjectToString -InputObject $InnerObject
                Write-Output "}"

            }
            $NewString  = "']"

        }
        #if the property's value is anything else (string, int32, collection ...)
        else
        {

            #append the property's name and value. If the value is a collection, all items will be joined to a single string
            $NewString  = "['{0}'='{1}'] " -f ($PropertyName, ($InputObject.$($PropertyName) -join ', '))

        }

    }

    Write-Output $NewString

}

Convert-ObjectToString (Get-Service WinRM)
['Name'='WinRM'] ['RequiredServices'='RPCSS, HTTP'] ['CanShutdown'='True'] ['CanStop'='True'] ['DisplayName'='Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)'] ['MachineName'='.'] ['ServiceName'='WinRM']
 ['ServicesDependedOn'='RPCSS, HTTP'] ['ServiceHandle'='SafeServiceHandle'] ['Status'='Running'] ['ServiceType'='Win32ShareProcess'] ['StartType'='Automatic']  

Convert-ObjectToString (Get-Date)
['DisplayHint'='DateTime'] ['DateTime'='Samstag, 20. Mai 2017 21:12:18'] ['Date'='05/20/2017 00:00:00'] ['Day'='20'] ['DayOfWeek'='Saturday'] ['DayOfYear'='140'] ['Hour'='21'] ['Kind'='Local'] ['Mi
llisecond'='791'] ['Minute'='12'] ['Month'='5'] ['Second'='18'] ['Ticks'='636309115387918364'] ['TimeOfDay'='21:12:18.7918364'] ['Year'='2017']