Cmdlet.BeginProcessing Method
Provides a one-time, preprocessing functionality for the cmdlet.


Namespace: System.Management.Automation
Assembly: System.Management.Automation (in system.management.automation.dll)
Usage

Me.BeginProcessing
Syntax

Visual Basic
Protected Overridable Sub BeginProcessing
C#
protected virtual void BeginProcessing ()
C++
protected:
virtual void BeginProcessing ()
J#
protected void BeginProcessing ()
JScript
protected function BeginProcessing ()
Exceptions

Exception typeCondition
Exception

The override of this method can throw any exception that is required.

Remarks

This method must be overridden in any cmdlet that does preprocessing. The runspace calls this method once for each instance of the cmdlet in the pipeline.

The override of this method does not have to be reentrant; this method does not have to be callable simultaneously with the ProcessRecord method or the EndProcessing method. None of these input processing methods are called if any one of them is running in a cmdlet instance. However, there is no guarantee that all calls to these methods will occur on the same thread.

For more information about when the Windows PowerShell runtime calls this method, see >Cmdlet Lifecycle.

For more information about cmdlets, see >Windows PowerShell Cmdlets.


Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2
See Also

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