Export to HTML with Style Sheet Header

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Alan

$txtColor = 'AliceBlue'
$file = "$env:temp\TempHTML.htm"
$HTMLHeader =@"
<style>
BODY{background-color:white;}
TABLE{border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;
border-collapse: collapse;margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;}
TH{border-width: 1px;padding: 1px;border-style: solid;
border-color: black;background-color:$txtColor}
TD{border-width: 1px;padding: 1px;border-style: solid;
border-color: black;background-color:$txtColor}
</style>
"@

#Example
$title= 'Service Information'
Get-Service | Select-Object Status, Name, DisplayName,Starttype | 
ConvertTo-HTML -head $HTMLHeader -body "<center><H2>$title</H2><Font=Verdana></Center>" | 
Out-File $file

Invoke-Expression $file

This a modification of something I picked up on the web. It allows you to export to an HTML file with a centered table and centered title. Any number of properties in the data are made into auto-sized columns.

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