How to pass a switch parameter to another PowerShell script?

Question

I have two PowerShell scripts, which have switch parameters:

compile-tool1.ps1:

[CmdletBinding()] param(   [switch]$VHDL2008 )  Write-Host "VHDL-2008 is enabled: $VHDL2008" 

compile.ps1:

[CmdletBinding()] param(   [switch]$VHDL2008 )  if (-not $VHDL2008) { compile-tool1.ps1            } else { compile-tool1.ps1 -VHDL2008  } 

How can I pass a switch parameter to another PowerShell script, without writing big if..then..else or case statements?

I don't want to convert the parameter $VHDL2008 of compile-tool1.ps1 to type bool, because, both scripts are front-end scripts (used by users). The latter one is a high-level wrapper for multiple compile-tool*.ps1 scripts.

Answer 1

You can specify $true or $false on a switch using the colon-syntax:

compile-tool1.ps1 -VHDL2008:$true compile-tool1.ps1 -VHDL2008:$false 

So just pass the actual value:

compile-tool1.ps1 -VHDL2008:$VHDL2008