Vista - Dynamically adding properties to an object instance

Hi folks,

Is there a way to dynamically add properties to an object instance
similar to the way PowerShell's XML data type adds properties for
elements and attributes (e.g. $xml.RootNode.Customer.Id)? I want to do
something similar for DataSet and DataTable objects (e.g.
$ds.CustomerTable.Rows[10].FirstNameColumn).

On a similar note, is there a way to add a ScriptProperty in my
types.ps1xml file (or somewhere else) that serves as a "catch all" (so,
if I type $myobj.UnknownProperty, it will run my script and let it
return a value for that non-existent property)?

Thanks!
Dan

add-member cmdlet lets you add properties/scriptblocks/etc to an object
instance.

ps:> get-help add-member -full

for additional info including examples.


gaurhoth

<dan.farino@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> Is there a way to dynamically add properties to an object instance
> similar to the way PowerShell's XML data type adds properties for
> elements and attributes (e.g. $xml.RootNode.Customer.Id)? I want to do
> something similar for DataSet and DataTable objects (e.g.
> $ds.CustomerTable.Rows[10].FirstNameColumn).
>
> On a similar note, is there a way to add a ScriptProperty in my
> types.ps1xml file (or somewhere else) that serves as a "catch all" (so,
> if I type $myobj.UnknownProperty, it will run my script and let it
> return a value for that non-existent property)?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
>