New-InputBox.ps1
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Function New-Inputbox { <# .Synopsis Display a Visual Basic style inputbox. .Description This function will display a graphical Inputbox, like the one from VisualBasic and VBScript. You must specify a messag prompt. You can specify a title, the default is "Input". You can also specify a default value. The inputbox will write whatever is entered into it to the pipeline. If you click Cancel the inputbox will still write a string to the pipeline with a length of 0. It is recommended that you validate input. .Example PS C:\> $c = New-Inputbox -prompt "Enter the Netbios name of a domain computer." -title "Enter a computername" -default $env:computername PS C:\> get-service -computer $c .Notes Last Updated: Version : 0.9 .Inputs None .Outputs [string] #> [cmdletbinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory,HelpMessage="Enter a message prompt")] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Prompt, [Parameter(Position=1)] [string]$Title="Input", [Parameter(Position=2)] [string]$Default ) Try { Add-Type -AssemblyName "microsoft.visualbasic" -ErrorAction Stop [microsoft.visualbasic.interaction]::InputBox($Prompt,$Title,$Default) } Catch { Write-Warning "There was a problem creating the inputbox" Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message } } #end New-Inputbox |