From 52231254a509ed38b8e5f4db462e298a9b09854b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ili101 <zoby101@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:26:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Replace " | Out-Null" with "$null = " everywhere just in case
 it degrades performance in other places

---
 ConvertExcelToImageFile.ps1 | 8 ++++----
 ConvertToExcelXlsx.ps1      | 2 +-
 Export-Excel.ps1            | 6 +++---
 Install.ps1                 | 2 +-
 Send-SqlDataToExcel.ps1     | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ConvertExcelToImageFile.ps1 b/ConvertExcelToImageFile.ps1
index c89f069..08efd46 100644
--- a/ConvertExcelToImageFile.ps1
+++ b/ConvertExcelToImageFile.ps1
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
         Write-Progress -Activity "Exporting $range of $workSheetname in $Path" -Status "Opening Workbook and copying data"
         $xlWbk  = $xlApp.Workbooks.Open($Path)
         $xlWbk.Worksheets($workSheetname).Select()
-        $xlWbk.ActiveSheet.Range($range).Select() | Out-Null
-        $xlApp.Selection.Copy()                   | Out-Null
+        $null = $xlWbk.ActiveSheet.Range($range).Select()
+        $null = $xlApp.Selection.Copy()
         Write-Progress -Activity "Exporting $range of $workSheetname in $Path" -Status "Saving copied data"
         # Get-Clipboard came in with PS5. Older versions can use [System.Windows.Clipboard] but it is ugly.
         $image  = Get-Clipboard -Format Image
         $image.Save($destination, $Format)
         Write-Progress -Activity "Exporting $range of $workSheetname in $Path" -Status "Closing Excel"
-        $xlWbk.ActiveSheet.Range("a1").Select()   | Out-Null
-        $xlApp.Selection.Copy()                   | Out-Null
+        $null = $xlWbk.ActiveSheet.Range("a1").Select()
+        $null = $xlApp.Selection.Copy()
         $xlApp.Quit()
         Write-Progress -Activity "Exporting $range of $workSheetname in $Path" -Completed
         if ($show) {Start-Process -FilePath $destination}
diff --git a/ConvertToExcelXlsx.ps1 b/ConvertToExcelXlsx.ps1
index 7d2eb6a..f280a4c 100644
--- a/ConvertToExcelXlsx.ps1
+++ b/ConvertToExcelXlsx.ps1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Function ConvertTo-ExcelXlsx {
         }
 
         $Excel.Visible = $false
-        $Excel.Workbooks.Open($xlsFile.FullName) | Out-Null
+        $null = $Excel.Workbooks.Open($xlsFile.FullName)
         $Excel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs($xlsxPath, $xlFixedFormat)
         $Excel.ActiveWorkbook.Close()
         $Excel.Quit()
diff --git a/Export-Excel.ps1 b/Export-Excel.ps1
index 7b819a9..f7f4072 100644
--- a/Export-Excel.ps1
+++ b/Export-Excel.ps1
@@ -1054,9 +1054,9 @@
                 }
                 try {
                     $TempZipPath = Join-Path -Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) -ChildPath ([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName())
-                    [io.compression.zipfile]::ExtractToDirectory($pkg.File, $TempZipPath)  | Out-Null
+                    $null = [io.compression.zipfile]::ExtractToDirectory($pkg.File, $TempZipPath)
                     Remove-Item $pkg.File -Force
-                    [io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($TempZipPath, $pkg.File) | Out-Null
+                    $null = [io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($TempZipPath, $pkg.File)
                 }
                 catch {throw "Error resizipping $path : $_"}
             }
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ Function Add-ExcelName {
         }
         else  {
             Write-verbose -Message "Creating Named range '$RangeName' as $($Range.FullAddressAbsolute)."
-            $ws.Names.Add($RangeName, $Range) | Out-Null
+            $null = $ws.Names.Add($RangeName, $Range)
         }
     }
     catch {Write-Warning -Message "Failed adding named range '$RangeName' to worksheet '$($ws.Name)': $_"  }
diff --git a/Install.ps1 b/Install.ps1
index 66f7089..5d792c4 100644
--- a/Install.ps1
+++ b/Install.ps1
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Process {
         }
 
         if (-not (Test-Path $InstallDirectory)) {
-            New-Item -Path $InstallDirectory -ItemType Directory -EA Stop | Out-Null
+            $null = New-Item -Path $InstallDirectory -ItemType Directory -EA Stop
             Write-Verbose "$ModuleName created module folder '$InstallDirectory'"
         }
 
diff --git a/Send-SqlDataToExcel.ps1 b/Send-SqlDataToExcel.ps1
index 10ff9d6..066dfd6 100644
--- a/Send-SqlDataToExcel.ps1
+++ b/Send-SqlDataToExcel.ps1
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         C:\> $dbPath = 'C:\users\James\Documents\f1Results.xlsx'
         C:\> $SQL = "SELECT top 25 DriverName, Count(RaceDate) as Races, Count(Win) as Wins, Count(Pole) as Poles, Count(FastestLap) as Fastlaps " +
                      " FROM Results GROUP BY DriverName ORDER BY (count(win)) DESC"
-        C:\> Get-SQL -Session F1 -excel -Connection $dbPath -sql $sql -OutputVariable Table | out-null
+        C:\> $null = Get-SQL -Session F1 -excel -Connection $dbPath -sql $sql -OutputVariable Table
 
         C:\> Send-SQLDataToExcel -DataTable $Table -Path ".\demo3.xlsx" -WorkSheetname Gpwinners -autosize  -TableName winners -TableStyle Light6 -show