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PowerShell XAML Popup with customizable buttons
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#ERASE ALL THIS AND PUT XAML BELOW between the @" "@ | |
$inputXML = @" | |
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow" | |
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" | |
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" | |
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" | |
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" | |
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1" | |
mc:Ignorable="d" | |
Title="Window Title goes here" Height="350" Width="525"> | |
<Grid> | |
<Button x:Name="Filebutton" Content="Open File" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="48" Margin="50,169,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="136"/> | |
<Button x:Name="FolderButton" Content="Open Folder" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="48" Margin="226,169,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="136"/> | |
<Button x:Name="CancelButton" Content="Cancel" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="48" Margin="244,247,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="136"/> | |
<Label x:Name="label" Content="My text goes here" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="76" Margin="50,30,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="290"/> | |
</Grid> | |
</Window> | |
"@ | |
$inputXML = $inputXML -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"','' -replace "x:N",'N' -replace '^<Win.*', '<Window' | |
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('presentationframework') | |
[xml]$XAML = $inputXML | |
#Read XAML | |
$reader=(New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml) | |
try{$Form=[Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load( $reader )} | |
catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] { | |
Write-Warning "We ran into a problem with the XAML code. Check the syntax for this control..." | |
write-host $error[0].Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red | |
if ($error[0].Exception.Message -like "*button*"){ | |
write-warning "Ensure your <button in the `$inputXML does NOT have a Click=ButtonClick property. PS can't handle this`n`n`n`n"} | |
} | |
catch{#if it broke some other way <span class="wp-smiley wp-emoji wp-emoji-bigsmile" title=":D">:D</span> | |
Write-Host "Unable to load Windows.Markup.XamlReader. Double-check syntax and ensure .net is installed." | |
} | |
#=========================================================================== | |
# Store Form Objects In PowerShell | |
#=========================================================================== | |
$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | %{Set-Variable -Name "WPF$($_.Name)" -Value $Form.FindName($_.Name)} | |
Function Get-FormVariables{ | |
if ($global:ReadmeDisplay -ne $true){Write-host "If you need to reference this display again, run Get-FormVariables" -ForegroundColor Yellow;$global:ReadmeDisplay=$true} | |
write-host "Found the following interactable elements from our form" -ForegroundColor Cyan | |
get-variable WPF* | |
} | |
Get-FormVariables | |
#=========================================================================== | |
# Use this space to add code to the various form elements in your GUI | |
#=========================================================================== | |
#Reference | |
#Adding items to a dropdown/combo box | |
#$vmpicklistView.items.Add([pscustomobject]@{'VMName'=($_).Name;Status=$_.Status;Other="Yes"}) | |
#Setting the text of a text box to the current PC name | |
#$WPFtextBox.Text = $env:COMPUTERNAME | |
$WPFCancelbutton.Add_Click({ Test-connection -count 1 -ComputerName $WPFtextBox.Text | |
}) | |
$WPFFilebutton.Add_Click({ Test-connection -count 1 -ComputerName $WPFtextBox.Text | |
}) | |
$WPFFolderButton.Add_Click({ Test-connection -count 1 -ComputerName $WPFtextBox.Text | |
}) | |
#Adding code to a button, so that when clicked, it pings a system | |
# $WPFbutton.Add_Click({ Test-connection -count 1 -ComputerName $WPFtextBox.Text | |
# }) | |
#=========================================================================== | |
# Shows the form | |
#=========================================================================== | |
write-host "To show the form, run the following" -ForegroundColor Cyan | |
'$Form.ShowDialog() | out-null' | |
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