DefaultSettings Element

Defines common settings that apply to all the views of the formatting file. Common settings include displaying errors, wrapping text in tables, defining how collections are expanded, and more.

Schema

• Configuration Element
• DefaultSettings Element

Syntax

<DefaultSettings>
  <ShowError/>
  <DisplayError/>
 <PropertyCountForTable>NumberOfProperties</PropertyCountFortable>
  <WrapTables/>
  <EnumerableExpansions>...</EnumerableExpansions>
</DefaultSettings>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the DefaultSettings element.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
DisplayError Element	Optional element. Specifies that the string #ERR is displayed when an error occurs while displaying a piece of data.
EnumerableExpansions Element	Optional element. Defines the different ways that .NET objects are expanded when they are displayed in a view.
PropertyCountForTable	Optional element. Specifies the minimum number of properties that an object must have to display the object in a table view.
ShowError Element	Optional element. Specifies that the full error record is displayed when an error occurs while displaying a piece of data.
WrapTables Element	Optional element. Specifies that data in a table is moved to the next line if it does not fit into the width of the column.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Configuration Element	Represents the top-level element of a formatting file.

Remarks

See Also

Configuration Element

DisplayError Element

EnumerableExpansions Element

PropertyCountForTable

ShowError Element

WrapTables Element

Writing a PowerShell Formatting File