Powershell InputBox (selfmade) only returns "Cancel"

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`In a Powershell project - small GUI with Winforms - I need a passwordbox. I wrote a test-function but cannot manage to get the correct output ... I only get "Cancel" I get the same result if I do not use

$inpBox.PasswordChar      = "*"

[reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname("System.Windows.Forms") | Out-Null
[reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname("System.Drawing") | Out-Null
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()

function InputForm {

    param($loggedInUser="Spock")
  
    $inpForm                  = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
    $inpForm.Height           = 120
    $inpForm.Width            = 350
    # $inpForm.Icon             = "$PSScriptRoot\Heidelberg-H.ico"
    $inpForm.Text             = "Authentication Window"
    $inpForm.MaximizeBox      = $false
    $inpForm.MinimizeBox      = $false
    $inpForm.FormBorderStyle  = "FixedDialog"
    $inpForm.StartPosition    = "CenterScreen"  # moves to center of screen
    $inpForm.Topmost          = $true           # Make it Topmost
  
    # create a Label
    $inpLbl                   = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
    $inpLbl.Width             = 300
    $inpLbl.Location          = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,10)
    $inpLbl.Text              = "Please type in the password for user: " + $loggedInUser
  
    # create a InputBox for the password
    $inpBox                   = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    $inpBox.Width             = 200
    $inpBox.Height            = 25
    $inpBox.PasswordChar      = "*"
    $inpBox.Text              = "********"
    $inpBox.Location          = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10, 35)     
    
    # create an OK Button
    $inpBtn                   = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
    $inpBtn.Width             = 60
    $inpBtn.Height            = 25
    $inpBtn.Text              = "OK"
    $inpBtn.Location          = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(250,33)
    $form.AcceptButton        = $inpBtn
  
    $inpForm.Controls.AddRange(@($inpLbl, $inpBox, $inpBtn))
  
    # OK-Button - Click event
    $inpBtn.Add_Click({

        $inpForm.Close()
        return $inpBox.Text

    })  
   
    $inpForm.ShowDialog()
}

# MAIN

$PW = InputForm (Get-WMIObject -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem).Username

write-host $PW

Mathias R. Jessen · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-09 11:18:20Z

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The problem is with this last part of your function:

$inpBtn.Add_Click({

    $inpForm.Close()
    return $inpBox.Text

})  

$inpForm.ShowDialog()

Instead of registering a custom handler for the Click event, you'll want to assign a value to the DialogResult property on the button - then inspect that result and return the value of the textbox from the function:

$inpBtn.DialogResult = 'OK' 

if($inpForm.ShowDialog() -eq 'OK'){
    return $inpBox.Text
}
else {
    throw "User canceled password prompt!"
}

answered Nov 9, 2022 at 11:18

Mathias R. Jessen

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3 Comments

Bernd Over a year ago

Works perfect - thank you! But to be honest, I didn't understand why by now. Is there an Article I could read? Especially I do not understand the concept of $inpBtn.DialogResult = 'OK' ...

Mathias R. Jessen Over a year ago

@Bernd When you assign a DialogResult value to a button, clicking that button automatically causes the parent form to close and your call to ShowDialog() will then return said DialogResult value - which is what we then use to determine whether the button was actually clicked, or whether something else closed it (eg. closing the form window).

Bernd Over a year ago

Ok - found Button.DialogResult Property - very useful - thanks again.

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