Examples/ResolveShortURLs.ps1
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#illustrates Hiding controls and the Set-WindowOutput function (as an alternate solution) #based on https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/6035/making-short-links-long-with-powershell-and-wpf/ $w= Window { TextBox -name ShortUrl -property @{Width=300} TextBox Resolved -property @{Visibility='Collapsed'} Button ResolveBtn -Action{$ResolvedURL=(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $($ShortURL.Text)).baseresponse.ResponseUri.AbsoluteURI $resolved.Text=$ResolvedURL $this.Window.DialogResult=$true #or, without the hidden control, just override the window output and tell it to close. #Set-WindowOutput -window $this.Window -OutputValue ([PSCustomObject]@{ShortURL=$txt.Text # Resolved=$resolvedURL}) -close } } -title 'Link Lookup' -labelMap @{ShortURL='Enter a short url'} $w.ShowDialog() | out-null $w.GetWindowOutput() |