ConvertTo-SplatExpression: Cannot find type for custom attribute 'EditorCommand'

[ArtisanByteCrafter]

Working with the newest Powershell Preview extension (tested on v2019.11.0), ConvertTo-SplatExpression fails with the following error. Non-preview powershell extension works as intended.

Exception             : 
    ErrorRecord : 
        Exception             : 
            Message : Cannot find the type for custom attribute 'EditorCommand'. Make sure that the assembly that contains this type is loaded.
            HResult : -2146233087
        TargetObject          : [EditorCommand(DisplayName='Convert Command to Splat Expression')]
        CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ([EditorCommand(Disp…Splat Expression')]:AttributeAst) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
        FullyQualifiedErrorId : CustomAttributeTypeNotFound
        InvocationInfo        : 
            ScriptLineNumber : 10
            OffsetInLine     : 5
            HistoryId        : -1
            ScriptName       : C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public\ConvertTo-SplatExpression.ps1
            Line             : [EditorCommand(DisplayName='Convert Command to Splat Expression')]
            PositionMessage  : At C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public\ConvertTo-SplatExpression.ps1:10 char:5
                               +     [EditorCommand(DisplayName='Convert Command to Splat Expression') …
                               +     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            PSScriptRoot     : C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public
            PSCommandPath    : C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public\ConvertTo-SplatExpression.ps1
            CommandOrigin    : Internal
        ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
    TargetSite  : 
        Name          : GetAttribute
        DeclaringType : System.Management.Automation.Language.Compiler
        MemberType    : Method
        Module        : System.Management.Automation.dll
    StackTrace  : 
   at System.Management.Automation.Language.Compiler.GetAttribute(AttributeAst attributeAst)
   at System.Management.Automation.Language.ScriptBlockAst.System.Management.Automation.Language.IParameterMetadataProvider.GetScriptBlockAttributes()+MoveNext()
   at System.Collections.Generic.LargeArrayBuilder`1.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 items)
   at System.Collections.Generic.EnumerableHelpers.ToArray[T](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at System.Management.Automation.CompiledScriptBlockData.InitializeMetadata()
   at System.Management.Automation.CompiledScriptBlockData.Compile(Boolean optimized)
   at System.Management.Automation.PSScriptCmdlet..ctor(ScriptBlock scriptBlock, Boolean useNewScope, Boolean fromScriptFile, ExecutionContext context)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.Init(IScriptCommandInfo scriptCommandInfo)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.GetScriptAsCmdletProcessor(IScriptCommandInfo scriptCommandInfo, ExecutionContext context, Boolean useNewScope, Boolean fromScriptFile, 
SessionStateInternal sessionState)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.CreateCommandProcessorForScript(FunctionInfo functionInfo, ExecutionContext context, Boolean useNewScope, SessionStateInternal sessionState) 
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandProcessor(CommandInfo commandInfo, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, Nullable`1 useLocalScope, SessionStateInternal sessionState)    
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandProcessor(String commandName, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, Nullable`1 useLocalScope)
   at System.Management.Automation.ExecutionContext.CreateCommand(String command, Boolean dotSource)
   at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.AddCommand(PipelineProcessor pipe, CommandParameterInternal[] commandElements, CommandBaseAst commandBaseAst, CommandRedirection[] redirections,  
ExecutionContext context)
   at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(Object input, Boolean ignoreInput, CommandParameterInternal[][] pipeElements, CommandBaseAst[] pipeElementAsts,
CommandRedirection[][] commandRedirections, FunctionContext funcContext)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`6.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
    Message     : Cannot find the type for custom attribute 'EditorCommand'. Make sure that the assembly that contains this type is loaded.
    Data        : System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal
    Source      : System.Management.Automation
    HResult     : -2146233087
TargetObject          : [EditorCommand(DisplayName='Convert Command to Splat Expression')]
CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ([EditorCommand(Disp…Splat Expression')]:AttributeAst) [], RuntimeException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : CustomAttributeTypeNotFound
InvocationInfo        : 
    ScriptLineNumber : 10
    OffsetInLine     : 5
    HistoryId        : -1
    ScriptName       : C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public\ConvertTo-SplatExpression.ps1
    Line             : [EditorCommand(DisplayName='Convert Command to Splat Expression')]
    PositionMessage  : At C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public\ConvertTo-SplatExpression.ps1:10 char:5
                       +     [EditorCommand(DisplayName='Convert Command to Splat Expression') …
                       +     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    PSScriptRoot     : C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public
    PSCommandPath    : C:\Users\ntwebb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.4.0\Public\ConvertTo-SplatExpression.ps1
    CommandOrigin    : Internal
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1

[SeeminglyScience]

I've made some changes to the v0.5.0 branch to accommodate the new PowerShellEditorServices architecture. That version is a complete overhaul of the module and isn't where I want it to be for release yet, but it's currently functional and should serve as a drop in replacement.

You can grab a daily here Edit 2020/02/08: Updated for PowerShellEditorServices 2.0.0-preview.8 Edit 2020/02/22: Updated for PowerShellEditorServices 2.0.0-preview.9

There's a few new editor commands in there, some fixes to old ones, and a lot more configuration options. There's also a context based refactor system similar to "quick fixes" or "code actions". To use that, put something like this in your keybindings.json:

    {
        "key": "ctrl+.",
        "command": "PowerShell.InvokeRegisteredEditorCommand",
        "args": { "commandName": "Invoke-DocumentRefactor" },
        "when": "editorLangId == 'powershell'",
    },

And then press Ctrl + . on whatever you want to refactor.

There's also configuration options scoped to machine, user, or project levels. To create a new settings file, use New-CommandSuiteSettingsFile with either -Scope Machine (or User) or -Path for project. (@markekraus this includes the splat variable name config)

[scrthq]

Daily works great @SeeminglyScience - thank you so much for publishing the link as a temporary workaround!

[kilasuit]

Any chance the v 0.5.0 can be pushed to the Gallery as a prelease?

[SeeminglyScience]

@kilasuit Not yet, PowerShellEditorServices is currently changing too rapidly to steadily release previews atm.

Once PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices#1183 makes it into a vscode-powershell preview release then I'll get something up.

[PrzemyslawKlys]

After today's update to Preview 0.5 stopped working again.

Import-Module -Name EditorServicesCommandSuite                                               149,03ms

Add-Type : Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.5.0\EditorServicesCommandSuite.psm1:15 char:9
+         Add-Type -Path "$PSScriptRoot/EditorServicesCommandSuite.Edit ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-Type], ReflectionTypeLoadException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddTypeCommand

The following exception occurred while retrieving member "GetCommandSuite": "Could not load type 'Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Servic
es.PowerShellContext.EditorObject' from assembly 'Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
'."
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.5.0\EditorServicesCommandSuite.psm1:19 char:5
+     $CommandSuite = $type::GetCommandSuite(
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ExtendedTypeSystemException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CatchFromBaseGetMember

Get-RefactorOption : No existing CommandSuite instance was found. Initialization with the host editor may have failed.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\EditorServicesCommandSuite\0.5.0\EditorServicesCommandSuite.psm1:53 char:9
+         Get-RefactorOption | ForEach-Object {
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-RefactorOption], NoCommandSuiteInstanceException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoCommandSuiteInstance,EditorServicesCommandSuite.Commands.GetRefactorOptionCommand

 Import-EditorCommand -Module EditorServicesCommandSuite

Unable to find type [Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShellContext.EditorCommand].
At C:\Users\przemyslaw.klys\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.2.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\Commands\Public\Import
-EditorCommand.ps1:10 char:17
+ ... [OutputType([Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShellC ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power...t.EditorCommand:TypeName) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound

[SeeminglyScience]

Thanks @PrzemyslawKlys! Yeah, some more big changes. I'll get another build ready this weekend.

[SeeminglyScience]

Fix for preview 9 here. Also updated the link above.

[PrzemyslawKlys]

Unable to find type [Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShellContext.EditorCommand].
At C:\Users\przemyslaw.klys\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.2.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\Commands\Public\Import
-EditorCommand.ps1:10 char:17
+ ... [OutputType([Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShellC ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power...t.EditorCommand:TypeName) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound

One error still remains.

[SeeminglyScience]

@PrzemyslawKlys That error isn't coming from ESCS, can you file that on PowerShellEditorServices? Also you can remove Import-EditorCommand from your profile, it's no longer required for this module (and that'll bypass that error).

[PrzemyslawKlys]

I can, but does it still matter if I'm not supposed to use it?

[SeeminglyScience]

This module just doesn't require it anymore, other modules still can. I'll take submitting the issue, thanks for the report 🙂

[SeeminglyScience]

Fixed with v1.0.0-beta1

Install-Module EditorServicesCommandSuite -Scope CurrentUser -AllowPrerelease -Force