Assign a Get-WebAppPoolState returned value to a variable in Powershell -

this code:

import-module webadministration

get-webapppoolstate apppoolname

produces following output:

value - -
stopped

but code:

import-module webadministration

$state = get-webapppoolstate apppoolname

write-host $state

produces output:

microsoft.iis.powershell.framework.codeproperty

when state of app pool using get-webapppoolstate, need boolean value of sort assign variable can use in conditional statement.

i cant use microsoft.iis.powershell.framework.codeproperty line.

how correct this?

get-webapppoolstate not returning string object of type codeproperty. you'll want value property object, i.e.:

$state = (get-webapppoolstate apppoolname).value; 

i presume display converter kicking in first case when gets written output why stopped displayed not writing host default object representation (which type name) instead.