Functions/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 message 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 $c = New-Inputbox -prompt "Enter the Netbios name of a domain computer." -title "Enter a computername" -default $env:computername get-service -computer $c .OUTPUTS [string] #> [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact='None')] Param ( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory,HelpMessage='Enter a message prompt')] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string] $Prompt, [Parameter(Position=1)] [string] $Title='Input', [Parameter(Position=2)] [string] $Default='' ) Begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } process { Try { Add-Type -AssemblyName 'microsoft.visualbasic' -ErrorAction Stop [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($Prompt,$Title,$Default) } Catch { Write-Warning -Message 'There was a problem creating the inputbox' Write-Warning -Message $_.Exception.Message } } End { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } } #end New-Inputbox |