Creating a form with .NET library in PowerShell

Below is an example of calling .NET library with PowerShell to build a form. The form will have a textbox for user to input a computer name to ping.

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#http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/28824.how-to-add-a-graphical-user-interface-to-your-powershell-functions-using-the-net-systemwindowsform-class.aspx

#region Boring beginning stuff

[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")

[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")

#endregion

  

#region begin to draw forms

$Form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form

$Form.Text = "Computer Pinging Tool"

$Form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,170)

$Form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"

$Form.KeyPreview = $True

$Form.MaximumSize = $Form.Size

$Form.MinimumSize = $Form.Size

  

$label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.label

$label.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(5,5)

$label.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(240,30)

$label.Text = "Type any computer name to test if it is on the network and can respond to ping"

$Form.Controls.Add($label)

$textbox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox

$textbox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(5,40)

$textbox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(120,20)

#$textbox.Text = "Select source PC:"

$Form.Controls.Add($textbox)

  

$ping_computer_click =

{

#region Actual Code

  

$statusBar1.Text = "Pinging..."

$ComputerName = $textbox.Text

  

if (Test-Connection $ComputerName -quiet -Count 2){

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Computer $ComputerName has network connection"

$result_label.ForeColor= "Green"

$result_label.Text = "System Successfully Pinged"

}

Else{

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Computer $ComputerName does not have network connection"

$result_label.ForeColor= "Red"

$result_label.Text = "System is NOT Pingable"

}

  

$statusBar1.Text = "Testing Complete"

#endregion

}

  

$OKButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button

$OKButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(140,38)

$OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)

$OKButton.Text = "OK"

$OKButton.Add_Click($ping_computer_click)

$Form.Controls.Add($OKButton)

  

$result_label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.label

$result_label.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(5,65)

$result_label.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(240,30)

$result_label.Text = "Results will be listed here"

$Form.Controls.Add($result_label)

  

$statusBar1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar

$statusBar1.Name = "statusBar1"

$statusBar1.Text = "Ready..."

$form.Controls.Add($statusBar1)

  

$Form.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Enter"){& $ping_computer_click}})

$Form.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Escape")

{$Form.Close()}})

#endregion begin to draw forms

  

#Show form

$Form.Topmost = $True

$Form.Add_Shown({$Form.Activate()})

[void] $Form.ShowDialog()