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PowerShell XAML GUI Scaffold, with better error handling
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#Your XAML goes here :) | |
$inputXML = @" | |
<Window x:Class="Azure.Window1" | |
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:Azure" | |
mc:Ignorable="d" | |
Title="FoxDeploy Awesome GUI" Height="524.256" Width="332.076"> | |
<Grid Margin="0,0,174,0"> | |
</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{ | |
Write-Warning "Unable to parse XML, with error: $($Error[0])`n Ensure that there are NO SelectionChanged or TextChanged properties in your textboxes (PowerShell cannot process them)" | |
throw | |
} | |
#=========================================================================== | |
# Load XAML Objects In PowerShell | |
#=========================================================================== | |
$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | %{"trying item $($_.Name)"; | |
try {Set-Variable -Name "WPF$($_.Name)" -Value $Form.FindName($_.Name) -ErrorAction Stop} | |
catch{throw} | |
} | |
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 | |
#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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