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Parse errors related to "Import-DSCResource -ModuleName <somemodule>" #520

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Consider a file named, test1.ps1, with the following content.

Configuration SomeNode
{    
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName xActiveDirectory
    Node "NodeName" {
        xADDomain "DomainController" 
        { 
            DomainName = "DomainName" 
            DomainAdministratorCredential = "Credential" 
            SafemodeAdministratorPassword = "password" 
        } 
    }
}
PS>Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path c:\tmp\test1.ps1
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer : Parse error in file c:\tmp\test1.ps1:  Could not find the module 'xActiveDirectory' at line 3 column 5.
At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path c:\tmp\test1.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (ModuleNotFoundDuringParse:String) [Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer], ParseException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Parse error in file c:\tmp\test1.ps1:  Could not find the module 'xActiveDirectory' at line 3 column 5.,Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAna
   lyzer.Commands.InvokeScriptAnalyzerCommand

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer : Parse error in file c:\tmp\test1.ps1:  Undefined DSC resource 'xADDomain'. Use Import-DSCResource to import the resource at line 5 column 9.
At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path c:\tmp\test1.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (ResourceNotDefined:String) [Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer], ParseException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Parse error in file c:\tmp\test1.ps1:  Undefined DSC resource 'xADDomain'. Use Import-DSCResource to import the resource at line 5 column 9.,Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.Commands.InvokeScriptAnalyzerCommand

This happens because powershell parser cannot find the relevant symbols. However, if the module xActiveDirectory were to be in PSModulePath, the parser wouldn't throw this error.

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