Import-Module Manually

Import-ModuleManually

function Import-ModuleManually {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Module,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
        [switch]$Force
    )

    $moduleExists = Get-Module -Name $Module -All

    if ($moduleExists) {
        if (-not $Force) {
            throw "The Module '$($moduleExists.Name)' is already is loaded"
        }
        else {
            Remove-Module -Name $Module -Force
        }
    }


    # Look for the module in the $env:PSModulePath
    $items = $env:PSModulePath -split ";"
    foreach ($item in $items)
    {
        $moduleFile = Get-Item -Path "$item\$Module\$Module.psm1" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

        
        if ($moduleFile) {

            Write-Host "ModuleFile is", $moduleFile.FullName

            # Now I want to import the file as an AST Parsed scriptblock and import it as a module
            $_loadModule_errors = $null
            $_loadModule_tokens = $null
            $_loadModule_ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseFile($moduleFile.FullName, [ref] $_loadModule_tokens, [ref] $_loadModule_errors)
            
            if ($_loadModule_errors) {
                throw $_loadModule_errors
            }

            Write-Host "VerbosePreference $VerbosePreference"
            
            $_scriptblock = $_loadModule_ast.GetScriptBlock()
            $_moduleInfo = Import-PowerShellDataFile -Path "$($moduleFile.DirectoryName)\$($moduleFile.BaseName).psd1"
            $_module = New-Module -Name $moduleFile.BaseName -ScriptBlock $_scriptblock @_moduleInfo -Verbose:$VerbosePreference
            ## Import psd1 info into the module

            $_module.PrivateData = $_moduleInfo.PrivateData 

            # use Reflection to set $_module version

            try {
                $_type = $_module.GetType()
                $_type.InvokeMember("SetVersion", "InvokeMethod,NonPublic,Instance",  $null, $_module, ([System.Version]$_moduleInfo.ModuleVersion)) 
            }
            catch {

            }

            $_module | Import-Module -Force #-Verbose:$VerbosePreference

        

            break
        }

    }
}