private/New-WPFControl.ps1
<# .SYNOPSIS Creates a WPF control, merging property hashtables and applying attached properties .DESCRIPTION Creates a WPF control, merging property hashtables and applying attached properties .PARAMETER Type The type of control desired .PARAMETER Properties An array of hashtables with properties to be assigned to the newly created object. The merge is from left to right, so properties in earlier hashtables can be overridden by subsequent hashtables. .EXAMPLE An example .NOTES General notes #> function New-WPFControl { [CmdletBinding()] Param($Type, [Hashtable[]]$Properties) $out = $Properties[0].Clone() foreach ($Extension in ($properties | select-object -skip 1)) { foreach ($item in $Extension.GetEnumerator()) { $out[$item.Key] = $item.Value } } $compoundProperties=@{} $keysToRemove=New-object System.Collections.ArrayList foreach ($key in $out.Keys) { if ($Key.Contains('.')) { $compoundProperties.Add($Key,$out[$key]) $KeysToRemove.Add($Key) | out-null } } $keysToRemove | ForEach-Object {$out.Remove($_)} $o=new-object -TypeName $type -Property $out foreach($item in $compoundProperties.GetEnumerator()){ $typename,$property=$item.Key.Split('.') $type=get-WPFType $typename $type::"Set$property"($o,$item.Value) } $o } |