A second addition to my PowerShell install script

I added even more functionality in my PowerShell install script (original script, and first update). I wanted the ability to display an informational popup to let the user know what we were up to. The function below takes the text to display from the config xml file and displays it in a windows form, with an “OK” button.

This script is starting to be fun!


Function DisplayWindowsForm ($Step){
	if ($Step.TextToDisplay.Value -ne "") {
    	$TextToDisplay = $Step.TextToDisplay.Value
		[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing") 
		[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") 
		
		$objForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form 
		$objForm.Text = "Title bar"
		$objForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(600,500) 
		$objForm.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
		
		$OKButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
		$OKButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(250,400)
		$OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
		$OKButton.Text = "OK"
		$OKButton.Add_Click({$x=$objTextBox.Text;$objForm.Close()})
		$objForm.Controls.Add($OKButton)
		
		$objLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
		$objLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,20) 
		$objLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(500,400) 
		$objLabel.Text = $TextToDisplay
		$objForm.Controls.Add($objLabel) 
		
		$objForm.Topmost = $True
		
		$objForm.Add_Shown({$objForm.Activate()})
		[void] $objForm.ShowDialog()
	}
}

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