Confirmation Messages
Here are different confirmation messages that can be displayed depending on the variants of the System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.ShouldProcess and System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.ShouldContinue methods that are called.
Important
For sample code that shows how to request confirmations, see How to Request Confirmations.
Specifying the Resource
You can specify the resource that is about to be changed by calling the
System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.Shouldprocess%2A?Displayproperty=Fullname
method. In this case, you supply the resource by using the target parameter of the method, and the
operation is added by Windows PowerShell. In the following message, the text "MyResource" is the
resource acted on and the operation is the name of the command that makes the call.
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Test-RequestConfirmationTemplate1" on Target "MyResource".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):
If the user selects Yes or Yes to All to the confirmation request (as shown in the following example), a call to the System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.ShouldContinue method is made, which causes a second confirmation message to be displayed.
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Test-RequestConfirmationTemplate1" on Target "MyResource".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
Confirm
Continue with this operation?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):
Specifying the Operation and Resource
You can specify the resource that is about to be changed and the operation that the command is about
to perform by calling the
System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.Shouldprocess%2A?Displayproperty=Fullname
method. In this case, you supply the resource by using the target parameter and the operation by
using the target parameter. In the following message, the text "MyResource" is the resource acted
on and "MyAction" is the operation to be performed.
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "MyAction" on Target "MyResource".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):
If the user selects Yes or Yes to All to the previous message, a call to the System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.ShouldContinue method is made, which causes a second confirmation message to be displayed.
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "MyAction" on Target "MyResource".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
Confirm
Continue with this operation?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):
