About

Import preference variables from the caller of a powershell module script. This was inspired by The Scripting Guys. Their blog also provides a good overview of the topic and its background.

Quickstart

At the beginning of your powershell module script function invoke Import-CallerPreference:

Import-Module import-callerpreference
# …
function Receive-PreferencesExample {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param()
    
    Import-CallerPreference
    # …
}

In-Depth

Import-CallerPreference copies the following proference variables from the caller's scope into the current scope:

• ConfirmPreference
• DebugPreference
• ErrorActionPreference
• ErrorView
• FormatEnumerationLimit
• InformationPreference
• LogCommandHealthEvent
• LogCommandLifecycleEvent
• LogEngineHealthEvent
• LogEngineLifecycleEvent
• LogProviderLifecycleEvent
• LogProviderHealthEvent
• OFS
• OutputEncoding
• ProgressPreference
• PSDefaultParameterValues
• PSEmailServer
• PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference
• PSSessionApplicationName
• PSSessionConfigurationName
• PSSessionOption
• VerbosePreference
• WarningPreference
• WhatIfPreference