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Issue with Read-Host PowerShell 2 CTP3

April 8, 2009

When using Read-Host with the AsSecureString paramater in PS2 CTP3 the prompt text does not appear. Here is a wrapper function that simulates the basic behavior. This does not implement all of the other parameters of Read-Host as I only needed it for the base case.

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# PowerShell v1
Read-Host "blah" -AsSecureString
blah: ****
System.Security.SecureString

# Powershell v2 CTP3
Read-Host "blah" -AsSecureString
****
System.Security.SecureString

My workaround:

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# A workaround function for Read-Host not displaying prompt text when not in
# the ISE.

Function Read-HostSecurePrompt
{
    param
    (
        $prompt = ""
    )

    if ($prompt -ne "")
    {
       Write-Host ("$prompt{0}" -f ":") -NoNewline
    }

    # Throw the prompt back in just in case this is run in a graphical mode.
    Read-Host -AsSecureString -Prompt $prompt
}