PowerShell GUI Boilerplate

gui-boilerplate.ps1

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*
}




# Create  WPF C# Form is Visual Studio and copy the XAML data

$inputXML = @"

VISUAL STUDIO XAML GOES HERE

"@

$inputXML = $inputXML -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"', '' -replace "x:N", 'N' -replace '^<Win.*', '<Window'

[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('presentationframework')
[xml]$XAML = $inputXML

$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."
}

$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | ForEach-Object{ Set-Variable -Name "WPF$($_.Name)" -Value $Form.FindName($_.Name) }




# Add Form Actions




# Load Form
$Form.ShowDialog() | out-null