Using-Object: PowerShell version of C#’s “using” statement.

function Using-Object
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [AllowEmptyString()]
        [AllowEmptyCollection()]
        [AllowNull()]
        [Object]
        $InputObject,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [scriptblock]
        $ScriptBlock
    )

    try
    {
        . $ScriptBlock
    }
    finally
    {
        if ($null -ne $InputObject -and $InputObject -is [System.IDisposable])
        {
            $InputObject.Dispose()
        }
    }
}

I don’t know why I did this. Performance is better if you use try/finally directly, rather than passing script blocks around. But, if you want PowerShell “using” syntax that looks similar to the C# examples you see on MSDN / etc, enjoy!

# Demonstrating the usage of Using-Object

Using-Object ($streamWriter = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter("$pwd\newfile.txt")) {
    $streamWriter.WriteLine('Line written inside Using block.')
}

# The second call to $streamWriter.WriteLine() produces an error, because
# the stream is already closed.

$streamWriter.WriteLine('Line written outside Using block.')

Get-Content .\newfile.txt