# Show-Application

Executes Sitecore Sheer application.

## Syntax

Show-Application \[-Application] \<String> \[\[-Parameter] \<Hashtable>] \[-Icon \<String>] \[-Modal] \[-Title \<String>] \[-Width \<Int32>] \[-Height \<Int32>]

## Detailed Description

Executes Sitecore Sheer application, allows for passing additional parameters, launching it on desktop in cooperative or in Modal mode.

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## Parameters

### -Application \<String>

Name of the Application to be executed. Application must be defined in the Core databse.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | true  |
| Position?                   | 1     |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Parameter \<Hashtable>

Additional parameters passed to the application.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | 2     |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Icon \<String>

Icon of the executed application (used for titlebar and in the Sitecore taskbar on the desktop)

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Modal \<SwitchParameter>

Causes the application to show in new browser modal window or modal overlay if used in Sitecore 7.2 or later.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Title \<String>

Title of the window the app opens in.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Width \<Int32>

Width of the modal window.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Height \<Int32>

Height of the modal window.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

## Inputs

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

* Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

## Notes

Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West

## Examples

### EXAMPLE 1

Show Content Editor in new window (or as an overlay in modal mode in Sitecore 7.2+) with "/sitecore/templates" item selected.

```powershell
$item = gi master:\templates

Show-Application `
    -Application "Content Editor" `
    -Parameter @{id ="$($item.ID)"; fo="$($item.ID)";la="$($item.Language.Name)"; vs="$($item.Version.Number)";sc_content="$($item.Database.Name)"} `
    -Modal -Width 1600 -Height 800
```

### EXAMPLE 2

Show Content Editor as a new application on desktop with "/sitecore/content/home" item selected.

```powershell
$item = gi master:\content\home

Show-Application `
    -Application "Content Editor" `
    -Parameter @{id ="$($item.ID)"; fo="$($item.ID)";la="$($item.Language.Name)"; vs="$($item.Version.Number)";sc_content="$($item.Database.Name)"} `
```

## Related Topics

* [Read-Variable](/appendix/common/read-variable.md)
* [Show-Alert](/appendix/common/show-alert.md)
* [Show-Confirm](/appendix/common/show-confirm.md)
* [Show-FieldEditor](/appendix/common/show-fieldeditor.md)
* [Show-Input](/appendix/common/show-input.md)
* [Show-ListView](/appendix/common/show-listview.md)
* [Show-ModalDialog](/appendix/common/show-modaldialog.md)
* [Show-Result](/appendix/common/show-result.md)
* [Show-YesNoCancel](/appendix/common/show-yesnocancel.md)
* <https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/>


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