update-PWFolderSecurity not found.

That's good stuff, I'm going to grab these...

this is the first time I have run into these dashes...but I guarantee I won't be forgetting this lesson anytime soon! :-D

Thanks for the script; I will add it into my profile as well!

the HTML conversion for links into normal strings I ran into a couple weeks ago...but in Excel. So this looks like a pretty interesting solution in PWRShell.

They haven't come up often for me, but they are "sticky" when they do!

I appreciate the help, Thanks Kevin!!

Bob

I see this when copying pasting from Outlook all the time. Also issues with smart quotes. In fact I've seen this so much I wrote a little function that fixes it for me. It converts smart double quotes to dumb double quotes, smart single quotes to dumb single quotes and both endash and emdash to a normal dash.

I put it in my profile.ps1 so it's always loaded (I also set an alias cc so i don't have to type that long name i came up with)

# Convert some annoying unicode characters into normal versions
function Convert-ClipboardUnicodeEntities {
	$clip = Get-Clipboard -Format Text -Raw -TextFormatType UnicodeText
	if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($clip)) {
		# replace unicode smart open double quotes with dumb straight double quotes
		$clip=$clip.Replace([char]0x201c,[char]0x0022)
		# replace unicode smart close double quotes with dumb straight double quotes
		$clip=$clip.Replace([char]0x201d,[char]0x0022)
		# replace unicode smart open single quote with dumb straight single quote
		$clip=$clip.Replace([char]0x2018,[char]0x0027)
		# replace unicode smart close single quote with dumb straight single quote
		$clip=$clip.Replace([char]0x2019,[char]0x0027)
		# replace endash with a dash
		$clip=$clip.Replace([char]0x2013,[char]0x002D)
		# replace emdash with a dash
		$clip=$clip.Replace([char]0x2014,[char]0x002D)
		Set-Clipboard -Value $Clip
	}
}

BTW, if you're interested here's a variation on that will convert a projectwise url string that uses html/url entities and turns them into normal strings. I use this copying urls from Outlook that I want to paste into PW Explorer.

# Convert HTML & URL entities to string characters
function Convert-ClipboardHtmlUrlEntities {
	$clip = Get-Clipboard -Format Text -Raw -TextFormatType Text
	if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($clip)) {
		# URLs can have some weirdly encoded characters, let's fix those
		# clean up URL characters like %20
		$clip=[System.Net.WebUtility]::URLDecode($clip)
		# clean up html entities like <
		$clip=[System.Net.WebUtility]::HTMLDecode($clip)
		# replace &space; with a space (this is not a standard html entity, but ProjectWise uses it)
		$clip=$clip.Replace("&space;"," ")
		Set-Clipboard -Value $Clip
	}
}

to be sure...I will be "on guard" :-D

Thanks again, Brian!!

B

Be sure you are not copying and pasting from Word or another application like that. For some reason the dashes are different.

hahaha! 

It's the "Dash" again  !!!

Get-PWFolders -FolderID $folderID -JustOne -Slow | Update-PWFolderSecurity ‐MemberType 'ul' ‐MemberName 'MediaWiki' -MemberAccess "fr,fw" -IncludeInheritance -Verbose

notice the "dash" in front of the "MemberName" is smaller...shows on the command line as a different color

So.

I copy the Example line to make sure the syntax I start with is correct...this particular text...has those other dashes

Problem solved.

Thank you for your help Guys...that's a new one for me!

Bob