functions/Utilities.ps1
Function Get-PowerShellEngine { [CmdletBinding()] Param([switch]$Detail) #get the current PowerShell process and the file that launched it $engine = Get-Process -id $pid | Get-Item if ($Detail) { [pscustomobject]@{ Path = $engine.Fullname FileVersion = $engine.VersionInfo.FileVersion PSVersion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString() ProductVersion = $engine.VersionInfo.ProductVersion Edition = $PSVersionTable.PSEdition Host = $host.name Culture = $host.CurrentCulture Platform = $PSVersionTable.platform } } else { $engine.FullName } } Function Out-More { [cmdletbinding()] [alias("om")] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [object[]]$InputObject, [ValidateRange(1, 1000)] [Alias("i")] [int]$Count = 50, [Alias("cls")] [Switch]$ClearScreen ) Begin { if ($ClearScreen) { Clear-Host } Write-Verbose "Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" Write-Verbose "Using a count of $count" #initialize an array to hold objects $data = @() #initialize some variables to control flow $ShowAll = $False $ShowNext = $False $Ready = $False $Quit = $False } #begin Process { if ($Quit) { Write-Verbose "Quitting" Break } elseif ($ShowAll) { $InputObject } elseif ($ShowNext) { Write-Verbose "Show Next" $ShowNext = $False $Ready = $True $data = , $InputObject } elseif ($data.count -lt $count) { Write-Verbose "Adding data" $data += $Inputobject } else { #write the data to the pipeline $data #reset data $data = , $InputObject $Ready = $True } If ($Ready) { #pause Do { Write-Host "[M]ore [A]ll [N]ext [Q]uit " -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline $r = Read-Host if ($r.Length -eq 0 -OR $r -match "^m") { #don't really do anything $Asked = $True } else { Switch -Regex ($r) { "^n" { $ShowNext = $True $InputObject $Asked = $True } "^a" { $InputObject $Asked = $True $ShowAll = $True } "^q" { #bail out $Asked = $True $Quit = $True } Default { $Asked = $False } } #Switch } #else } Until ($Asked) $Ready = $False $Asked = $False } #else } #process End { #display whatever is left in $data if ($data -AND -Not $ShowAll) { Write-Verbose "Displaying remaining data" $data } Write-Verbose "Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #end Out-More Function Invoke-InputBox { [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "plain")] [alias("ibx")] [OutputType([system.string], ParameterSetName = 'plain')] [OutputType([system.security.securestring], ParameterSetName = 'secure')] Param( [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "secure")] [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Enter the title for the input box. No more than 25 characters.", ParameterSetName = "plain")] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [ValidateScript( {$_.length -le 25})] [string]$Title = "User Input", [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "secure")] [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Enter a prompt. No more than 50 characters.", ParameterSetName = "plain")] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [ValidateScript( {$_.length -le 50})] [string]$Prompt = "Please enter a value:", [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Use to mask the entry and return a secure string.", ParameterSetName = "secure")] [switch]$AsSecureString, [string]$BackgroundColor = "White" ) if ($PSEdition -eq 'Core') { Write-Warning "Sorry. This command will not run on PowerShell Core." #bail out Return } Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationCore Add-Type -AssemblyName WindowsBase #remove the variable because it might get cached in the ISE or VS Code Remove-Variable -Name myInput -Scope script -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $form = New-Object System.Windows.Window $stack = New-object System.Windows.Controls.StackPanel #define what it looks like $form.Title = $title $form.Height = 150 $form.Width = 350 $form.Background = $BackgroundColor $label = New-Object System.Windows.Controls.Label $label.Content = " $Prompt" $label.HorizontalAlignment = "left" $stack.AddChild($label) if ($AsSecureString) { $inputbox = New-Object System.Windows.Controls.PasswordBox } else { $inputbox = New-Object System.Windows.Controls.TextBox } $inputbox.Width = 300 $inputbox.HorizontalAlignment = "center" $stack.AddChild($inputbox) $space = new-object System.Windows.Controls.Label $space.Height = 10 $stack.AddChild($space) $btn = New-Object System.Windows.Controls.Button $btn.Content = "_OK" $btn.Width = 65 $btn.HorizontalAlignment = "center" $btn.VerticalAlignment = "bottom" #add an event handler $btn.Add_click( { if ($AsSecureString) { $script:myInput = $inputbox.SecurePassword } else { $script:myInput = $inputbox.text } $form.Close() }) $stack.AddChild($btn) $space2 = new-object System.Windows.Controls.Label $space2.Height = 10 $stack.AddChild($space2) $btn2 = New-Object System.Windows.Controls.Button $btn2.Content = "_Cancel" $btn2.Width = 65 $btn2.HorizontalAlignment = "center" $btn2.VerticalAlignment = "bottom" #add an event handler $btn2.Add_click( { $form.Close() }) $stack.AddChild($btn2) #add the stack to the form $form.AddChild($stack) #show the form $inputbox.Focus() | Out-Null $form.WindowStartupLocation = [System.Windows.WindowStartupLocation]::CenterScreen $form.ShowDialog() | out-null #write the result from the input box back to the pipeline $script:myInput } |