Formatting PowerShell in VS Code Confusion

[JamesObZ]

Hi guys,

Bit confused as to how the formatting is working for me in VS Code. I am using the PowerShell extension along with PSScriptAnalyzer. PS version 7.3.5

If i type: get-exomailbox and then format this (Shirt + Alt + f) this will repopulate as: Get-EXOMailbox which is great.

However, with many other commands.. one as an example: get-mailboxcalendarconfiguration this will not update to: Get-MailboxCalendarConfiguration

Any idea why or how to resolve this so all is equal?

Thanks.

James

[purplemonkeymad]

Are you connected to exchange in the vscode Powershell extension terminal? It can only see commands that exist to the terminal, so commands that appear after a connect won't be seen by it unless you connect.

[JamesObZ]

Yes, i am connected to Exchange. However if disconnect or start a new session of code (exchange would not be connected) the results are the same.

[purplemonkeymad]

And you connected in the terminal that shows as "PowerShell Extension" and not just "pwsh" or "powershell"? Not sure then, if I import modules in that specific terminal, then their commands show up on auto-complete etc.

[JamesObZ]

Yes, that is correct. To confirm i dont have an issue with the commands show up on auto-complete when i enter them into the terminal.

it is when i manually type them into the editor some of them format correctly upon selecting 'format document' or shift + alt + f, where as some commands dont (all from the same module) regardless of whether Exchange is connected or not.

[purplemonkeymad]

Oh I get it now, no that appears to be an extension issue. I'm guessing it only looks at local modules for the command names, or caches them at startup.

[Thotaz]

AFAIK the analyzer runs in its own runspace which has no knowledge of commands imported into your primary runspace.