Quicklog

LogTastic function is a PowerShell script that outputs a formatted log message to the console. The function has four parameters:

• -name: the name of the log message
• -message: the log message text
• `-type: the type of log message, which can be one of the following values: "success", "error", "info", "complete", or "action"
• -unicode: the unicode value of the symbol to be used in the log message

The function first splits the $message parameter into an array of sub-messages, if $message contains the string @{pt:{. If not, the $message_exploded variable is set to $null.

The script then sets the following variables to store the unicode values for different types of log messages:

• $unicodeError: "#1F6A9"
• $unicodeSuccess: "#2705"
• $unicodeInfo: "#1FAA7"
• $unicodeComplete: "#1F375"
• $unicodeAction: "#1F528"

The $date variable is set to the current date and time using the get-date cmdlet.

The script then outputs the log message to the console using a combination of the write-host cmdlet and [powerunicode]::printByUnicode method. The log message consists of the following elements:

• The square bracket [ symbol with a yellow foreground color
• The symbol specified by the $unicode parameter using [powerunicode]::printByUnicode($unicode)
• The $name parameter with a magenta foreground color
• The square bracket ] symbol with a yellow foreground color
• The log message type symbol specified by the $type parameter using [powerunicode]::printByUnicode and the corresponding $unicodeXXX variable. The symbol is displayed with a different foreground color depending on the type of log message.
• The log message area displays the $message parameter, or each sub-message in the $message_exploded array if it exists. If a sub-message starts with {pt:{, it is processed as a set of properties, and each property name-value pair is displayed on a separate line. If a sub-message doesn't start with {pt:{, it is displayed as is. If the $type parameter is "error", the log message or sub-message is displayed with a red background color.

Finally, the script outputs the log message type and the elapsed time since the log message was created using get-elapsed method. The elapsed time is displayed in a different foreground color depending on the type of log message.

The new-quicklogsub function is not used in the script and is defined but empty. An example call to the new-quicklog function is provided at the end of the script, which logs a "success" message with the name "Pongo" and the message text "Generating Pongo SVG Image".