PowerShell - Windows form Label and Calendar output different

Question

Hi all

Did anyone have same experience about,
when the windows form scripts run in PowerShell ISE, the pixel is good.
After save as .ps1 file and directly "right click -> run with PowerShell ", the pixel go down. And also, the size will change.

Here is the output and my scripts.

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Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

$S_Form = New-Object Windows.Forms.Form -Property @{  
    StartPosition = [Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition]::CenterScreen  
    #Size          = New-Object Drawing.Size 200, 200 #size (280,250)  
    Text          = "Select a Start Date."  
    TopMost       = $true  
    AutoSize      = $true  
}  

 $S_Label = New-Object windows.forms.label -property @{  
    Location      = New-Object drawing.point 0,0  
    Font          = New-Object System.Drawing.Font ("Times New Roman",14)  
    #Size          = New-Object drawing.size 250,30  
    AutoSize      = $true  
    Text          = "Please Select Start Time."  
}  
$S_Form.Controls.Add($S_Label)  

$S_Calendar = New-Object Windows.Forms.MonthCalendar -Property @{  
    Location          = New-Object drawing.point 0,($S_Label.Size.Height)  
    #Size              = New-Object drawing.size 200,200  
    AutoSize          = $true  
    ShowTodayCircle   = $false  
    ShowToday         = $false  
    MaxSelectionCount = 1  
}  
$S_Form.Controls.Add($S_Calendar)  

write-host "label size is " $S_Label.size  
write-host "Calendar size is "$S_Calendar.Size  

$result = $S_Form.ShowDialog()

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I tried to fixed the label and calendar size, the label can work but the calendar still getting smaller.

My question is, How can let the size don't change ?

Best regards,
Thank you

Answer 1

Hello @Alex Un ,

Thank you for your question.

I recommend that you consult the article below because you may have passed on some unnoticed information on how to create this feature correctly:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/creating-a-custom-input-box?view=powershell-7.1

You can also use the "MonthCalendar Class" feature in the article below, I believe it can be useful for you:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.monthcalendar?view=windowsdesktop-5.0

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Answer 2

Hello LimitlessTechnology-2700,

Thank you for your information.

This two articles, I read before and now I fixed the size and location to avoid the error.

BRs