How to apply colors in powershell output - sql-server-2008

Question

Requirement :
I am beginner in powershell. Below ps script is giving the details about services are in started state or in stopped state but my requirement is I need to see this out put as background color in 'Sky Blue', if services are running then highlight in Green ,Stopped services in Red color. How do I achieve it.
Help on this is highly appriciated.
$Result = #()
foreach($server in Get-Content C:\PowerSQL\List.txt)
{
$Services=gwmi win32_service -computername $server | where {$_.Name -like ‘*SQL*’}
if(!(Test-Connection -Cn $server -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet))
{“Problem still exists in connecting to $server”}
ELSE {
$services | ForEach {
If ($_)
{ $Result += New-Object PSObject -Property #{
‘Host Name’ = $_.Systemname
‘Service Display Name’ = $_.Displayname
‘Service Name’ = $_.Name
‘Start Mode’ = $_.Startmode
‘Service Account Name’ = $_.Startname
‘State’ = $_.State
‘Status’= $_.Status
}
}
}
}
}
$Result | ConvertTo-HTML | Out-File C:\PowerSQL\service.htm

Answer 1

See my answer to similar question to this.
Communary.ConsoleExtensions [link] might help you
Invoke-ColorizedFileListing C:\Windows -m *.dmp
The above command will colorise file types and highlight dump files.
To save a color output, you would have to save to a format that preserves color, like RTF, or HTML. Txt (plain text file) only stores text.
The code below will save your output as an html file.
$time = (Get-Date).AddYears(-2)
Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt $time} |
Select Directory,Name,LastWriteTime |
ConvertTo-Html -Title "Services" -Body "<H2>The result of Get-ChildItem</H2> " -Property Directory,Name,LastWriteTime |
ForEach-Object {
if ($_ -like '<tr><td>*') {
$_ -replace '^(.*?)(<td>.*?</td>)<td>(.*?)</td>(.*)','$1$2<td><font color="green">$3</font></td>$4'
} else {
$_
}
} | Set-Content "$env:TEMP\ColorDirList.html" -Force
The line:
if ($_ -like '<tr><td>*') {
...checks for line in the html output that is a table row.
The line:
$_ -replace '^(.*?)(<td>.*?</td>)<td>(.*?)</td>(.*)','$1$2<td><font color="green">$3</font></td>$4'
...uses a RegEx to replace the 2nd table cell contents with a font tag with the color green. This is a very simple RegEx search & replace that will only color the 2nd column.
And here's another implementation of console only coloring, based on this link
$linestocolor = #(
'CSName Version OSArchitecture'
'------ ------- --------------'
'BENDER 6.1.7601 64-bit '
'LEELA 6.1.7601 64-bit '
'FRY 6.1.7600 64-bit '
'FARNSWORTH 6.1.7601 32-bit '
)
# http://www.bgreco.net/powershell/format-color/
function Format-Color {
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Mandatory=$true)]
$ToColorize
, [hashtable]$Colors=#{}
, [switch]$SimpleMatch
, [switch]$FullLine
)
Process {
$lines = ($ToColorize | Out-String).Trim() -replace "`r", "" -split "`n"
foreach($line in $lines) {
$color = ''
foreach($pattern in $Colors.Keys){
if (!$SimpleMatch -and !$FullLine -and $line -match "([\s\S]*?)($pattern)([\s\S]*)") { $color = $Colors[$pattern] }
elseif (!$SimpleMatch -and $line -match $pattern) { $color = $Colors[$pattern] }
elseif ($SimpleMatch -and $line -like $pattern) { $color = $Colors[$pattern] }
}
if ($color -eq '') { Write-Host $line }
elseif ($FullLine -or $SimpleMatch) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $color }
else {
Write-Host $Matches[1] -NoNewline
Write-Host $Matches[2] -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $color
Write-Host $Matches[3]
}
}
}
}
$linestocolor | Format-Color -Colors #{'6.1.7600' = 'Red'; '32-bit' = 'Green'}
# doesn't work...
# (Get-ChildItem | Format-Table -AutoSize) | Format-Color -Colors #{'sql' = 'Red'; '08/07/2016' = 'Green'}
# does work...
Format-Color -ToColorize (Get-ChildItem | Format-Table -AutoSize) -Colors #{'sql' = 'Red'; '08/07/2016' = 'Green'}
return
EDIT. to answer the OPs request
$Result = #()
foreach($server in Get-Content C:\PowerSQL\List.txt)
{
$Services=gwmi win32_service -computername $server | where {$_.Name -like ‘*SQL*’}
if(!(Test-Connection -Cn $server -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet))
{“Problem still exists in connecting to $server”}
else {
$services | ForEach {
If ($_)
{ $Result += New-Object PSObject -Property #{
HostName = $_.Systemname
ServiceDisplayName = $_.Displayname
ServiceName = $_.Name
StartMode = $_.Startmode
ServiceAccountName = $_.Startname
State = $_.State
Status = $_.Status
}
}
}
}
}
$Result | ConvertTo-HTML `
-Title "Services" `
-Body "<H2>The result of gwmi win32_service</H2> " `
-Property HostName,ServiceDisplayName,ServiceName,StartMode,ServiceAccountName,State,Status |
ForEach-Object {
if ($_ -like '<tr><td>*') {
switch ($_) {
{ $_ -like '*<td>Stopped</td>*' } {$color='red'}
{ $_ -like '*<td>Running</td>*' } {$color='green'}
Default {$color='white'}
}
$_.Replace('<tr>', "<tr bgcolor=`"$color`">")
} else {
$_
}
} | Set-Content C:\PowerSQL\service.htm -Force