Public/Invoke-InputBox.ps1
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function Invoke-InputBox { <# .SYNOPSIS A short one-line action-based description, e.g. 'Tests if a function is valid' .DESCRIPTION A longer description of the function, its purpose, common use cases, etc. .NOTES Information or caveats about the function e.g. 'This function is not supported in Linux' .LINK Specify a URI to a help page, this will show when Get-Help -Online is used. .EXAMPLE Test-MyTestFunction -Verbose Explanation of the function or its result. You can include multiple examples with additional .EXAMPLE lines #> [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 ((Test-IsPSWindows)) { Add-Type -AssemblyName 'PresentationFramework' Add-Type -AssemblyName 'PresentationCore' #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 [void]$inputbox.Focus() $form.WindowStartupLocation = [System.Windows.WindowStartupLocation]::CenterScreen [void]$form.ShowDialog() #write the result from the input box back to the pipeline $script:myInput } else { Write-Warning "Sorry. This command requires a Windows platform." #bail out Return } } |