Scripting is one thing, but to make your tools really pop, you’ll eventually want to build your own Graphical User Interface for end-users to use, especially those who might be frightened of using a scripting environment like PowerShell.
In this series, I’ll take you step by step, from creating a GUI using built-in .net methods like System.Windows.Forms to the super quick, super effective XAML/WPF approach, using Visual Studio.
As time goes on and I post more and more about GUI Toolmaking, this post will always be updated with the newest links
XAML And Visual Studio
- PART VI – Step by step, building an advanced application
- Original ISE Snippet – XAML to GUI Loader
- Runspace-Powered multi threaded ISE Snippet
- Part V – Building responsive PowerShell apps with progress bars
- Part IV – Handling events and making a tabbed interface
- Part III – Using Advanced GUI Elements in PowerShell
- Part II – Deploying PowerShell GUIs in Minutes using Visual Studio
- Part I – Creating PowerShell GUIs in Minutes using Visual Studio – A New Hope
.Net Method / Windows Forms
- Part III – Two Ways to Provide GUI Interactions to users
- Part II – Continued: Creating a GUI Natively using .Net Methods
- Part I – Creating a GUI Natively using .Net Methods
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Hi Steven,
Awesome blog, any ideas why the below GUI for starting a service fails…
Function Services {
param($computer, $service)
$WPFStart.Add_Click({
Get-Service -Name $WPFService.Text -computer $WPFServer.Text | Set-Service -Status Running
})
}
Please post the code in paste bin or a github gist and then give the link. Need to know more to guess why it’s broke!
http://pastebin.com/JuL8BawW 🙂
Hi James,
Found the issue. You created a function to start a service, but never called it. I just removed the Function StartService{ and closing curly brace } from lines 76 and 80 and it works.
Hi,
really like your blog. Do you have an ETA for part 5? I would like to know how progress bar works.
If you’d like to see progress bars, check out tiberriver256.github.io, he made an awesome module for progress bars.
I just had a baby, so I’m working on part V in between diapers!
Thank you for the fast answer. Good luck with baby #2.
Could you explane how to use multi-form GUI with powershell and WPF, please? (One form call another one and send data etc )
As in one GUI launches, then closes, and then we carry the results on to the next UI pane?