On a Friday night, after my work, I was wondering (finally some self-daydream) is there a way that PowerShell can create application-like. All I needed to get the theory and functionality working, beauty is later.
I texted my buddy in Singapore (.Net Dev) first then Europe (PowerShell master) and asked them, both of them gave me different platform answers but a similar answer was using Windows Form. The surprising thing was PowerShell can do it, I was like “Hmm…a platform the I am familiar with, let’s give that a try.”. Visual Studio also has Windows Form but I prefer to start off the platform that I familiarize first, you know, give myself a base to kick-start. Well, that does not mean that I won’t give Visual Studio a try.
Thanks very much for these 2 Masters!
So this is why I am writing this post, after gathering enough information from these 2 buddies (Masters), I start my journey towards Windows Form. Well, for a beginner is usually start off with “Hello world” statement. I try out the first reference link, this is what I get the outcome;
- A simple pop out of “Hello World with an OK button”
- Behavior: A Message pop up and selecting OK will returning a result
A simple pop up gets me excited to explore more of this Windows Form namespace.
So to gain further understanding, I tried to type something else, I am trying to get a behavior where I click on the “Good Luck!” button then a cute cat or Pikachu meme will pop out, not sure whether it is possible. Oh well, more exploring to do.
#A form with a simple display at the Center of the Screen and a button
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$Form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$Form.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'
#Attributes or Controls for your form
$Form.Text = "Windows Form"
$Label.Text = "Sabrina's first Windows Form"
$GoodluckButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$GoodluckButton.Text = 'Good Luck!'
$GoodluckButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(100,120)
$GoodluckButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK
#What are the controls to be added into the form
$Form.Controls.Add($Label)
$Form.Controls.Add($GoodluckButton)
#The result
$Form.ShowDialog()
References:
Sabrina Kay's Blog 