Is there a way to specify a font color when using write-output

Question

I have a powershell script that gives some status output via write-output. I am intentionally not using write-host because the output may be captured and writt

Answer 1

I know this post is ancient, but this could come handy to someone out there.

I wanted to change colors and the accepted answer was not the best solution. In my eyes, the following code is better solution as it takes advantage of the native PowerShell functionality:

EDIT:

# Print User message using String Array $message
function PrintMessageToUser {
    param(
        [Parameter( `
            Mandatory=$True, `
            Valuefrompipeline = $true)]
        [String]$message
    )
    begin {
        $window_private_data = (Get-Host).PrivateData;
        # saving the original colors
        $saved_background_color = $window_private_data.VerboseBackgroundColor
        $saved_foreground_color = $window_private_data.VerboseForegroundColor
        # setting the new colors
        $window_private_data.VerboseBackgroundColor = 'Black';
        $window_private_data.VerboseForegroundColor = 'Red';
    }
    process {
        foreach ($Message in $Message) {
            # Write-Host Considered Harmful - see http://www.jsnover.com/blog/2013/12/07/write-host-considered-harmful/
            # first way how to correctly write it
            #Write-host $message;
            Write-Verbose -Message $message -Verbose;
            # second correct way how to write it
            #$VerbosePreference = "Continue"
            #Write-Verbose $Message;
        }
    }
    end {
      $window_private_data.VerboseBackgroundColor = $saved_background_color;
      $window_private_data.VerboseForegroundColor = $saved_foreground_color;
    }

} # end PrintMessageToUser