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# How to create a nested variable in powershell
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$NestedObject1 = [pscustomobject]@{Item1="Bob";Item2="Fred";Item3="Joe"}
$ParentObject  = [pscustomobject]@{LevelA=[pscustomobject]@{LevelB=@($NestedObject1)}}
#let's check it
$parentObject.LevelA.LevelB[0].Item2

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$folderToEmptyBins = "C:\Temp\ATest"

#short way
cd $folderToEmptyBins
get-childitem -Include "bin" -Recurse -force | Remove-Item -Force –Recurse
get-childitem -Include "obj" -Recurse -force | Remove-Item -Force –Recurse

#long way
#function DeleteSubFoldersWithName($folder, $name)

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$buildToCloneName = "Build 1"
$newBuildName = "Build 1 - Clone"


$user = "[email protected]"
$accessToken="4df31252fqt...PAT...."
$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $user,$accessToken)))
$env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI = "https://mycompany.visualstudio.com/"
$env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID = "MyProject"

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$buildId = $env:BUILD_BUILDID # the currently running build
"Build ID: $buildId"

$keepforever = @{
	keepforever='true'
}

$jsonKeepForever = $keepforever | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100

$uriForBuildUpdate = "$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI)$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID)/_apis/build/builds/" + $buildID + "?api-version=2.0"

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$certificateDnsName = 'my.localcert.ssl' # a name you want to give to your certificate (can be anything you want for localhost)

$siteName = "Default Web Site" # the website to apply the bindings/cert to (top level, not an application underneath!).
$fqdn = ""                     #fully qualified domain name (empty for 'All unassigned', or e.g 'contoso.com')


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SSL CERTIFICATE CREATION
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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$certName = "mycert.mydomain.com"
$pwdString = "pa55word"
$certNamePfxPath = "C:\temp\mycert.mydomain.com.pfx"

$output = New-SelfSignedCertificate -certstorelocation cert:\localmachine\my -dnsname $certName

$pwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $pwdString -Force -AsPlainText

$thumb = $output.Thumbprint
$thumb

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cd C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv

certutil -f -p "pa$$word" -importpfx "C:\temp\mycert.pfx"

REM The thumbprint is gained by installing the certificate, going to cert manager > personal, clicking on it, then getting the Thumbprint.
REM appid can be any valid guid
netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:443 certhash=5de934dc39cme0234098234098dd111111111115 appid={75B2A5EC-5FD8-4B89-A29F-E5D038D5E289}

REM bind to all ip's with no domain. There are plenty of domain examples on the web
appcmd set site "Default Web Site" /+bindings.[protocol='https',bindingInformation='*:443:']

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public static void GetImage_ConvertItToBase64String_ThenConvertItBack()
{

    var webClient = new WebClient();
    byte[] imageBytesRaw = webClient.DownloadData("http://www.google.com/images/logos/ps_logo2.png");

    string imageBytesAsBase64String = Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytesRaw);

    byte[] imageBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(imageBytesAsBase64String);

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public void WorkWithExCss(string path)
{
        // With nuget package (2.0.6) ref: https://github.com/TylerBrinks/ExCSS

        // read an existing stylesheet
        var css = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(path);

        var stylesheet = new ExCSS.Parser().Parse(css);

        // Assuming the stylesheet has a selector for 'html'

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/*
	Converts a delimited string to a table 
  Works on old versions of sql (2016, has string splitting functionality)
	
	e.g. SplitString 'A,B,C', ','
	-> Id, Data
	   1   A
	   2   B
	   3   C
*/