Powershell: Yes/No output from user GUI Input

Question

below, i'm getting user input to be added to ps1 script. i also then would like to run it on a remote computer without logging on if possible.

# inputbox
$Lname = "What is your last name?"
$Result1  = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($Lname,"Last name")
$Fname = "What is your first name?"
$Result2  = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($Fname,"First name")
$email = "Please Enter user's email"
$Result3  = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($email,"Valid email")
$dept = "Please Enter Dept#"
$Result4  = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($dept,"Department number")

need help with below, rather than user input, i want user to select, Male/Female or yes/no, what's a better option if any?

$Result5=[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Is this new member?","status",4)
if ($result5 -eq "Yes")
{
.\d:\members\addmember.ps1 –Lname $result1 -Fname $result2  –email $result3 –dept $result4  -new $result5"
}
elseif ($result5 -eq "No")
{
.\d:\members\addmember.ps1 –Lname $result1 -Fname $result2  –email $result3 –dept $result4"
}

Answer 1

Hi,

You may try the radio buttons from Windows Forms.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.radiobutton

$Form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form  
$Form.Text = "Gender"  
$Form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)  
$Form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"  
  
$Label = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label  
$Label.Text = "Please select user's gender"  
$Label.AutoSize = $true  
$Label.width = 25  
$Label.height = 10  
$Label.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(20,20)  
$Form.Controls.Add($Label)  
  
$RadioButtonMale = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton  
$RadioButtonMale.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,50)  
$RadioButtonMale.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,25)  
$RadioButtonMale.Text = "Male"  
$Form.Controls.Add($RadioButtonMale)  
  
$RadioButtonFemale  = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton  
$RadioButtonFemale.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,80)  
$RadioButtonFemale.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,25)  
$RadioButtonFemale.Text = "Female"  
$Form.Controls.Add($RadioButtonFemale)  
  
$ButtonOK = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button  
$ButtonOK.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(75,120)  
$ButtonOK.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,25)  
$ButtonOK.Text = "OK"  
$ButtonOK.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK  
$form.AcceptButton = $ButtonOK  
$Form.Controls.Add($ButtonOK)  
  
$ButtonCancel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button  
$ButtonCancel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(150,120)  
$ButtonCancel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,25)  
$ButtonCancel.Text = "Cancel"  
$ButtonCancel.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel  
$Form.CancelButton = $ButtonCancel  
$Form.Controls.Add($ButtonCancel)  
  
[void]$Form.ShowDialog()  
if($RadioButtonMale.Checked){$result6 = "Male"}  
elseif($RadioButtonFemale.Checked){$result6 = "Female"}  
$result6  

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Thanks this helps. So many ways of coding.