Handle data that is _not_ an object #41

Export-Excel.ps1

@@ -86,31 +86,25 @@ function Export-Excel {
                 throw $Error[0].Exception.Message
             }
         }
+        
+        $firstTimeThru = $true
+        $isDataTypeValueType=$false
+        $pattern = "string|bool|byte|char|decimal|double|float|int|long|sbyte|short|uint|ulong|ushort"
     }
 
     Process {
-
-        if(!$Header) {
-
-            $ColumnIndex = 1
-            $Header = $TargetData.psobject.properties.name
-
-            foreach ($Name in $Header) {
-                $ws.Cells[$Row, $ColumnIndex].Value = $name
-                $ColumnIndex += 1
-            }
+        if($firstTimeThru) {
+            $firstTimeThru=$false
+            $isDataTypeValueType = $TargetData.GetType().name -match "string|bool|byte|char|decimal|double|float|int|long|sbyte|short|uint|ulong|ushort"
         }
 
-        $Row += 1
-        $ColumnIndex = 1
-
-        foreach ($Name in $Header) {
-
+        if($isDataTypeValueType) {
+            $ColumnIndex = 1
+            
             $targetCell = $ws.Cells[$Row, $ColumnIndex]
 
-            $cellValue=$TargetData.$Name
-
             $r=$null
+            $cellValue=$TargetData
             if([double]::tryparse($cellValue, [ref]$r)) {
                 $targetCell.Value = $r
             } else {
@@ -122,7 +116,43 @@ function Export-Excel {
             }
 
             $ColumnIndex += 1
-        }
+            $Row += 1
+
+        } else {
+            if(!$Header) {
+
+                $ColumnIndex = 1
+                $Header = $TargetData.psobject.properties.name
+
+                foreach ($Name in $Header) {
+                    $ws.Cells[$Row, $ColumnIndex].Value = $name
+                    $ColumnIndex += 1
+                }
+            }
+
+            $Row += 1
+            $ColumnIndex = 1
+
+            foreach ($Name in $Header) {
+
+                $targetCell = $ws.Cells[$Row, $ColumnIndex]
+
+                $cellValue=$TargetData.$Name
+
+                $r=$null
+                if([double]::tryparse($cellValue, [ref]$r)) {
+                    $targetCell.Value = $r
+                } else {
+                    $targetCell.Value = $cellValue
+                }
+
+                switch ($TargetData.$Name) {
+                    {$_ -is [datetime]} {$targetCell.Style.Numberformat.Format = "m/d/yy h:mm"}
+                }
+
+                $ColumnIndex += 1
+            }       
+        } 
     }
 
     End {

ImportExcel.psd1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 RootModule = 'ImportExcel.psm1'
 
 # Version number of this module.
-ModuleVersion = '1.8'
+ModuleVersion = '1.81'
 
 # ID used to uniquely identify this module
 GUID = '60dd4136-feff-401a-ba27-a84458c57ede'

PublishToGallery.ps1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $p = @{
     NuGetApiKey = $NuGetApiKey
     LicenseUri = "https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel/blob/master/LICENSE.txt"
     Tag = "Excel","EPPlus","Export","Import"
-    ReleaseNote = "Now you can hide worksheets using the -HideSheet paramater"
+    ReleaseNote = "Can now handle data that is _not_ an object"
     ProjectUri = "https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel"
 }
 

README.md

@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ Know Issues
 
 What's new
 -
+#### 9/30/2015
+
+Export-Excel can now handle data that is **not** an object 
+
+	echo a b c 1 $true 2.1 1/1/2015 | Export-Excel c:\temp\test.xlsx -Show
+Or
+
+	dir -Name | Export-Excel c:\temp\test.xlsx -Show 
 
 #### 9/25/2015
 
@@ -35,7 +43,7 @@ Got a great request from [forensicsguy20012004](https://github.com/forensicsguy2
 ##### Example
 Here, you create four worksheets named `PM`,`Handles`,`Services` and `Files`.
 
-The last line creates the `Files` sheet and then hides the `Handles`,`Services` 
+The last line creates the `Files` sheet and then hides the `Handles`,`Services` sheets. 
 
 	$p = Get-Process