ConvertTo-CliXml

Exports Microsoft .NET objects froms PowerShell to a CliXml string.

Syntax

ConvertTo-CliXml [-InputObject] <PSObject>

Detailed Description

The ConvertTo-CliXml command exports Microsoft .NET Framework objects from PowerShell to a CliXml string.

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Parameters

-InputObject <PSObject>

Specifies the object to be converted. Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects. You can also pipe objects to ConvertTo-CliXml.

Aliases
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

• object

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

• System.String

Notes

Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West

Examples

EXAMPLE

PS master:\> #Convert original item to xml
PS master:\> $myCliXmlItem = Get-Item -Path master:\content\home | ConvertTo-CliXml 
PS master:\> #print the CliXml
PS master:\> $myCliXmlItem
PS master:\> #print the Item converted back from CliXml
PS master:\> $myCliXmlItem | ConvertFrom-CliXml

Related Topics

• https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/

• ConvertFrom-CliXml

• ConvertFrom-Xml

• ConvertTo-Xml

• Export-CliXml

• Import-CliXml