Out-GridView is a useful cmdlet to list many objects. It is not ideal when you just want to display a single object with all of its properties, because in this scenario there would only be one line. In the previous tip we explained how turning an object to a hash table can help. It effectively puts the grid view in “ListView” mode.
Because this approach can be highly useful in many scenarios, here is a function called ConvertObject-ToHashTable, along with a bunch of examples:
function ConvertObject-ToHashTable { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline)] $object ) process { $object | Get-Member -MemberType *Property | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name | Sort-Object | ForEach-Object { [PSCustomObject]@{ Item = $_ Value = $object.$_} } } } systeminfo.exe /FO CSV | ConvertFrom-Csv | ConvertObject-ToHashTable | Out-GridView Get-ComputerInfo | ConvertObject-ToHashTable | Out-GridView Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS | ConvertObject-ToHashTable | Out-GridView
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