Functions/New-InputBoxSecureString.ps1
function New-InputBoxSecureString { <# .SYNOPSIS Provides a GUI text entry box to enter a string and convert it to a securestring .DESCRIPTION Provides a GUI text entry box to enter a string and convert it to a securestring. Function validates input and provides an input mask, both of which can be disabled. .PARAMETER Title The title of the form. Defaults to 'New SecureString' .PARAMETER DisableValidation Switch that will turn off the second entry box which ensures that data is input correctly. .PARAMETER DisableInputMask Switch that will disable the input mask character which defaults to '*' .PARAMETER Description The description block of the form. Defaults to 'Please enter the plain text you wish to be converted to a securestring' .PARAMETER EntryBoxLabel The label block of the entry text input box. Defaults to 'Please enter the value' .PARAMETER ValidateBoxLabel The label block of the entry text input box. Defaults to 'Please re-enter the value' .EXAMPLE $SecureString = New-InputBoxSecureString Will display a form with 2 text entry fields that are masked with '*', and will verify the values match before converting to a securestring .EXAMPLE $SecureString = New-InputBoxSecureString -Verbose VERBOSE: Starting [New-InputBoxSecureString] VERBOSE: Title [New SecureString] VERBOSE: Description [Please enter the plain text you wish to be converted to a securestring] VERBOSE: EntryBoxLabel [Please enter the value] VERBOSE: ValidateBoxLabel [Please re-enter the value] VERBOSE: DisableValidation [False], DisableInputMask [False] System.Security.SecureString VERBOSE: Ending [New-InputBoxSecureString] Will display a form with 2 text entry fields that are masked with '*', and will verify the values match before converting to a securestring #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Default')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions', '')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText', '')] param ( [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Default')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Validate')] [string] $Title = 'New SecureString', [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Validate')] [switch] $DisableValidation, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Default')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Validate')] [switch] $DisableInputMask, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Default')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Validate')] [string] $Description = 'Please enter the plain text you wish to be converted to a securestring', [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Default')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Validate')] [string] $EntryBoxLabel = 'Please enter the value', [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Validate')] [string] $ValidateBoxLabel = 'Please re-enter the value' ) begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" Write-Verbose -Message "Title [$Title]" Write-Verbose -Message "Description [$Description]" Write-Verbose -Message "EntryBoxLabel [$EntryBoxLabel]" Write-Verbose -Message "ValidateBoxLabel [$ValidateBoxLabel]" Write-Verbose -Message "DisableValidation [$DisableValidation], DisableInputMask [$DisableInputMask]" Add-Type -AssemblyName 'System.Windows.Forms' Add-Type -AssemblyName 'System.Drawing' $Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif' #~~< ValidateEntry >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ValidateEntry = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Form $ValidateEntry.AutoSize = $true $ValidateEntry.ClientSize = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (300, 220) $ValidateEntry.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 12.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $ValidateEntry.Text = $Title #~~< OKButton >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $OKButton = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Button $OKButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK $OKButton.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 9.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $OKButton.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList (197, 12) $OKButton.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (75, 23) $OKButton.TabIndex = 2 $OKButton.Text = 'OK' $OKButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = $true $ValidateEntry.AcceptButton = $OKButton #~~< CancelButton >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $CancelButton = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Button $CancelButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel $CancelButton.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 9.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $CancelButton.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList (197, 60) $CancelButton.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (75, 23) $CancelButton.TabIndex = 3 $CancelButton.Text = 'Cancel' $CancelButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = $true $ValidateEntry.CancelButton = $CancelButton #~~< EntryLabel >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $EntryLabel = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Label $EntryLabel.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 9.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $EntryLabel.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList (12, 96) $EntryLabel.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (250, 39) $EntryLabel.Text = $EntryBoxLabel #~~< EntryBox >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $EntryBox = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $EntryBox.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 9.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $EntryBox.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList (12, 138) $EntryBox.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (260, 24) $EntryBox.TabIndex = 0 if (-not $DisableInputMask) { $EntryBox.PasswordChar = '*' } $EntryBox.Text = '' if (-not $DisableValidation) { $ValidateEntry.ClientSize = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (300, 260) #~~< ValidateLabel >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ValidateLabel = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Label $ValidateLabel.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 9.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $ValidateLabel.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList (12, 175) $ValidateLabel.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (250, 53) #$ValidateLabel.TabIndex = 4 $ValidateLabel.Text = $ValidateBoxLabel #~~< ValidateBox >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ValidateBox = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $ValidateBox.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 9.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $ValidateBox.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList (12, 221) $ValidateBox.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (260, 24) $ValidateBox.TabIndex = 1 if (-not $DisableInputMask) { $ValidateBox.PasswordChar = '*' } $ValidateBox.Text = '' } #~~< DescriptionLabel >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $DescriptionLabel = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Label $DescriptionLabel.Font = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList ($Font, 9.0, [System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular, [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Point, ([byte](0))) $DescriptionLabel.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList (12, 12) $DescriptionLabel.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList (180, 200) #$DescriptionLabel.TabIndex = 6 $DescriptionLabel.Text = $Description if (-not $DisableValidation) { $ValidateEntry.Controls.Add($ValidateBox) $ValidateEntry.Controls.Add($ValidateLabel) } $ValidateEntry.Controls.Add($EntryBox) $ValidateEntry.Controls.Add($EntryLabel) $ValidateEntry.Controls.Add($DescriptionLabel) $ValidateEntry.Controls.Add($CancelButton) $ValidateEntry.Controls.Add($OKButton) } process { [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles() $Result = $ValidateEntry.ShowDialog() if ($Result -eq 'OK') { if (-not $DisableValidation) { if ($ValidateBox.Text -eq $EntryBox.Text) { if ($EntryBox.Text.Length -eq 0) { Write-Error -Message 'Must enter a string' return } } else { Write-Error -Message 'Values do NOT match' return } } else { if ($EntryBox.Text.Length -eq 0) { Write-Error -Message 'Must enter a string' return } } $ReturnVal = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $EntryBox.Text -AsPlainText -Force Write-Output -InputObject $ReturnVal } } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" } } |