Creating GUIs for Powershell

Create GUIs for Powershell scripts? Yeah, sometimes that could be useful…if you want to create a tool to distribute to your team without requiring them to remember switches or reviewing what the script does (especially if not used much).

Below is a template I worked up to speed up the process of slapping a GUI on a script.

Here’s the Powershell template:

function NewValue()
    {

    # $textBox1.text.ToString()
    }

function Option1()
    {
    #do stuff
    }

function Option2()
    {
    #do stuff
    }

function OptionA()
    {
    #do stuff
    }

function OptionB()
    {
    #do stuff
    }

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

$Form = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form
$Form.Text = "Form"
$Form.TopMost = $true
$Form.Width = 435
$Form.Height = 300
#$Form.BackColor = "LightGray"

$checkBox1 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.CheckBox
$checkBox1.Text = "EnterValue"
$checkBox1.AutoSize = $true
$checkBox1.Width = 95
$checkBox1.Height = 20
$checkBox1.location = new-object system.drawing.point(20,22)
$checkBox1.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$checkBox1.CheckState = "Checked"
$Form.controls.Add($checkBox1)

$textBox1 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.TextBox
$textBox1.Width = 200
$textBox1.Height = 20
$textBox1.location = new-object system.drawing.point(200,20)
$textBox1.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$Form.controls.Add($textBox1)

$checkBox2 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.CheckBox
$checkBox2.Text = "Option1"
$checkBox2.AutoSize = $true
$checkBox2.Width = 95
$checkBox2.Height = 20
$checkBox2.location = new-object system.drawing.point(20,125)
$checkBox2.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$checkBox2.CheckState = "Checked"
$Form.controls.Add($checkBox2)

$checkBox3 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.CheckBox
$checkBox3.Text = "Option2"
$checkBox3.AutoSize = $true
$checkBox3.Width = 95
$checkBox3.Height = 20
$checkBox3.location = new-object system.drawing.point(20,160)
$checkBox3.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$checkBox3.CheckState = "Checked"
$Form.controls.Add($checkBox3)

$radioButton1 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.RadioButton
$radioButton1.Text = "OptionA"
$radioButton1.AutoSize = $true
$radioButton1.Width = 104
$radioButton1.Height = 20
$radioButton1.location = new-object system.drawing.point(40,75)
$radioButton1.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$Form.controls.Add($radioButton1)

$radioButton2 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.RadioButton
$radioButton2.Text = "OptionB"
$radioButton2.AutoSize = $true
$radioButton2.Width = 104
$radioButton2.Height = 20
$radioButton2.location = new-object system.drawing.point(140,75)
$radioButton2.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$Form.controls.Add($radioButton2)

# Create a group that will contain your radio buttons
$GroupBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox
$GroupBox.Location = '20,60'
$GroupBox.size = '210,50'
$GroupBox.text = "Container"
$Form.controls.Add($GroupBox)

$button1 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.Button
$button1.Text = "Go!"
$button1.Width = 60
$button1.Height = 30
$button1.location = new-object system.drawing.point(125,220)
$button1.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$Form.controls.Add($button1)
$button1.Add_Click(
    {
    if($checkBox1.CheckState -eq "Checked"){
        EnterValue
        }
    if ($radioButton1.checked){
        OptionA
        }
    if ($radioButton2.checked){
        OptionB
        }

    if($checkBox2.CheckState -eq "Checked"){
        Option1
        }
    if($checkBox3.CheckState -eq "Checked"){
        Option2
        }
    }
)

$button2 = New-Object system.windows.Forms.Button
$button2.Text = "Exit"
$button2.Width = 60
$button2.Height = 30
$button2.location = new-object system.drawing.point(200,220)
$button2.Font = "Microsoft Sans Serif,12"
$Form.controls.Add($button2)
$button2.Add_Click(
    {
       $Form.Close()
    }
    )

[void]$Form.ShowDialog()
$Form.Dispose()