Outline for creating GUIs

GUI_Outline.ps1

#Add XAML code inbetween the two @
$inputXML = @"

"@       
 
$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-Host "Unable to load Windows.Markup.XamlReader. Double-check syntax and ensure .net is installed."}
 
 
$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | %{Set-Variable -Name "WPF_$($_.Name)" -Value $Form.FindName($_.Name)}

#ADD Your Function here, add NAME tag to XAML and use WPF_NAME as the function



#show the form
$Form.ShowDialog() | out-null