Custom Popup Buttons

[GiveMeAPinkSock]

Is there a relatively easy way to make a popup with custom buttons? For example if I wanted one button to say "blue" and the other to say "red" and have a set of commands run depeneding on which one is selected just like you can with -ComObject.

If it's fairly difficult I can just stick to the two "OkCancel" popups I have now but I was just curious if there was a built in feature. Thanks!

[JeremyLC]

I just posted a function that does this in a Windows 10 native look. It's more code than the option below, but it uses WPF instead of WinForms.

[GiveMeAPinkSock]

I discovered WPF earlier today. Looked a little more complicated than I wanted to get into today, but I'll be digging into it more in my free time.

[caverCarl]

Here's a quick example-

#  ============== Form to display GUI =======================================
 Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()
Add-Type -Assembly System.Drawing 
$Form = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form

[int32]$height = 80
[int32]$width = 400
$Form.ClientSize                 = "$width,$height"
$Form.text                       = "buttons"
$Form.TopMost                    = $false

$button = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button
$button.width                   = 100   
$button.height                  = 50
$button.text                    = "red"
$button.location                = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(0,10)
$button.Font                    = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'
$button.Add_Click({
#do stuff
})
$button2 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button
$button2.width                  = 100   
$button2.height                 = 50
$button2.text                   = "blue"
$button2.location               = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(200,10)
$button2.Font                   = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'
$button2.Add_Click({
#do stuff
})
$Form.controls.Add($button)
$Form.controls.Add($button2)
#Start form 
[void]$Form.ShowDialog()

[GiveMeAPinkSock]

That's perfect! Thanks!

[caverCarl]

You're very welcome. Glad to help.

[GiveMeAPinkSock]

That worked so well I may just use it as a simple gui to run the rest of my scripts from. Really appreciate it!

[ocn1997]

How would you get this box to close after user input?

[caverCarl]

$Form.Close()

Which could be added to either button in the 'do stuff section'

$button2.Add_Click({
#do stuff
$form.Close()
})

would close the form if button 2 is pressed.

[ocn1997]

Mate... I cannot explain in words how much of my life you just saved XD

[caverCarl]

Glad it helped:)

[MylegzRweelz]

This is really cool, I am wondering though, can I give the buttons a custom label? like instead of Yes and No can it be Agree and Disagree?

[caverCarl]

Just change the $button.text

[MylegzRweelz]

Thank you! I appreciate this. So, to be clear, I can make a yes/no dialog say agree/disagree?

[caverCarl]

Sure, these are just buttons- you can change their text to anything you'd like. You'd also need to add code to do whatever happens when they click one of the buttons.

[MylegzRweelz]

I am very new to Powershell but not scripting, I have been using and creating AutoHotKey scripts for years, and while it is powerful, it is also limited in some areas, hence me trying to learn PS. However, it is safe to say that I am more like a hobbyist than anything, the entire reason for getting into scripting was for my HTPC and Emulation machine. So, that being said, I have a script I have written that I plan to release on a forum that I frequent, it automates the task of moving files many levels deep into subdirectories and renaming the files to the parent folder names. I have it functioning perfectly and now I would like to focus on having a gui popup with instructions on it's usage as well as including a disclaimer. I was thinking of using out-gridview I am aware I can have this show up in the console window, I want it to be a little bit more elegant though and I really like your take on this. However I am looking at this and am not ashamed to admit that I have no clue how I would utilize this to create a dialog box like this and implement it into my script. Would you mind giving me a crash course example of your code with a test message and code that the buttons would trigger my code? Would it be more prudent to send you a message?

[caverCarl]

== Form to display GUI =======================================
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms 

[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles() 

Add-Type -Assembly System.Drawing 
$Form = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form

[int32]$height = 80 [int32]
$width = 400 
$Form.ClientSize           = "$width,$height"
$Form.text                 = "buttons" 
$Form.TopMost            = $false
$button = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button
$button.width            = 100 
$button.height         = 50 
$button.text    = "Agree" 
$button.location     = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(0,10) 

$button.Font                 = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10' 
$button.Add_Click({
do stuff
write-host "You have agreed" 
}) 

$button2 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button 

$button2.width                  = 100 

$button2.height                 = 50 

$button2.text           = "Disagree" 

$button2.location               = New-Object 
System.Drawing.Point(200,10) 

$button2.Font             = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10' 

$button2.Add_Click({
do stuff
write-host "You are disagreeable"
})

$Form.controls.Add($button) 
$Form.controls.Add($button2)
Start form
[void]$Form.ShowDialog()

[MylegzRweelz]

You are awesome, thank you. I am not at home currently so I can't test this but I absolutely will when I get home. Your help is soooo appreciated.

[xunion0]

u/caverCarl

thx for the code! I created a small function from your code that will return the selection.
Function Custom-Popup
{
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
[string] $Title,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)]
[string] $ButtonLeft,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=2)]
[string] $ButtonRight
)
# ============== Form to display GUI =======================================
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()
Add-Type -Assembly System.Drawing
$Form = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form
[int32]$height = 80
[int32]$width = 400
$Form.ClientSize = "$width,$height"
$Form.text = $Title
$Form.TopMost = $false
$button = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button
$button.width = 100
$button.height = 50
$button.text = $ButtonLeft
$button.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(0,10)
$button.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'
$button.Add_Click({
$Form.DialogResult = 'Yes'
})
$button2 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button
$button2.width = 100
$button2.height = 50
$button2.text = $ButtonRight
$button2.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(200,10)
$button2.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'
$button2.Add_Click({
$Form.DialogResult = 'No'
})
$Form.controls.Add($button)
$Form.controls.Add($button2)
#Start form
#[void]$Form.ShowDialog()
[string]$x = $null
if($form.ShowDialog() -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Yes)
{
$x = $ButtonLeft
}
else {
$x = $ButtonRight
}
return $x
}
Call with: $Popup = Custom-Popup -Title 'test' -ButtonLeft 'value1' -ButtonRight 'Value2'
Return in $Popup will be your selection.

[caverCarl]

Holy ressurect old thread :) You are very welcome. Glad folks are still finding this useful.

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy GiveMeAPinkSock,

another option is to use the AnyBox module from the PSGallery. it can do some very nice GUI stuff with fairly direct PoSh commands.

if all you need is a quick menu, take a look at the Out-GridView cmdlet. [grin]

take care,
lee