New-PSFormatXML miscalculates widths when using scriptblocks.

[jdhitsolutions]

When using scriptblocks, to define custom properties, the resulting width is way to large.

$props = @(
    "Handles",
    @{Name = "NPM(K)"; Expression = { [int]($_.npm / 1kb) } },
    @{Name = "PM(K)"; Expression = { [int]($_.pm / 1kb) } },
    @{Name = "WS(M)"; Expression = {
            if ($_.ws -ge 500MB) {
                "$([char]0x1b)[91m$([int]($_.ws/1mb))$([char]0x1b)[0m"
            }
            elseif ($_.ws -ge 250MB) {
                "$([char]0x1b)[93m$([int]($_.ws/1mb))$([char]0x1b)[0m"
            }
            else {
                [int]($_.ws / 1mb)
            }
        }
    },
    @{Name = "CPU"; Expression = { New-TimeSpan -Seconds $_.cpu } },
    "ID",
    @{Name = "ProcessName"; Expression = {
            if ($_.ws -ge 500MB) {
                "$([char]0x1b)[1;91m$($_.processname)$([char]0x1b)[0m"
            }
            elseif ($_.ws -ge 250MB) {
                "$([char]0x1b)[1;93m$($_.processname)$([char]0x1b)[0m"
            }
            else {
                $_.processname
            }
        }
    }
)
Get-Process -Id $pid | New-PSFormatXML -Properties $props -ViewName WS -FormatType Table -Path c:\scripts\wsprocess.format.ps1xml -Passthru

The function makes a best guess on column widths but something looks wrong.

  <TableColumnHeader>
            <Label>ProcessName</Label>
            <Width>210</Width>
            <Alignment>left</Alignment>
          </TableColumnHeader>

Suspect the function is using the length of the scriptblock and not the value.

[jdhitsolutions]

This has been fixed in v2.32.0