Creating GUI for DateTime Picker output to CSV file

stess

Hi, I am creating a GUI for end user to input date & time which will be output to CSV.
I am currently coding this on PowerShell since I am using $env:username so to identify who's requesting for audit purpose.

While PowerShell has DateTimePicker, it looks old. This is what I found on a quick search
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However, I want something more cleaner like this Time Picker
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Any idea how can I use this XAML(not sure what this mean.. still researching more on it) in PowerShell?

DustinB3403

You can easily change the colors of this time picker from the script. Try the below.

###########################################################
# TimeFramePicker.ps1
#
# MeneerB 29/07/2015
###########################################################
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

# Main Form
$mainForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font(“Consolas”, 13)
$mainForm.Text = ” Pick Time Frame”
$mainForm.Font = $font
$mainForm.ForeColor = “Black”
$mainForm.BackColor = “White”
$mainForm.Width = 300
$mainForm.Height = 200

# DatePicker Label
$datePickerLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$datePickerLabel.Text = “date”
$datePickerLabel.Location = “15, 10”
$datePickerLabel.Height = 22
$datePickerLabel.Width = 90
$mainForm.Controls.Add($datePickerLabel)

# MinTimePicker Label
$minTimePickerLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$minTimePickerLabel.Text = “min-time”
$minTimePickerLabel.Location = “15, 45”
$minTimePickerLabel.Height = 22
$minTimePickerLabel.Width = 90
$mainForm.Controls.Add($minTimePickerLabel)

# MaxTimePicker Label
$maxTimePickerLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$maxTimePickerLabel.Text = “max-time”
$maxTimePickerLabel.Location = “15, 80”
$maxTimePickerLabel.Height = 22
$maxTimePickerLabel.Width = 90
$mainForm.Controls.Add($maxTimePickerLabel)

# DatePicker
$datePicker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$datePicker.Location = “110, 7”
$datePicker.Width = “150”
$datePicker.Format = [windows.forms.datetimepickerFormat]::custom
$datePicker.CustomFormat = “dd/MM/yyyy”
$mainForm.Controls.Add($datePicker)

# MinTimePicker
$minTimePicker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$minTimePicker.Location = “110, 42”
$minTimePicker.Width = “150”
$minTimePicker.Format = [windows.forms.datetimepickerFormat]::custom
$minTimePicker.CustomFormat = “HH:mm:ss”
$minTimePicker.ShowUpDown = $TRUE
$mainForm.Controls.Add($minTimePicker)

# MaxTimePicker
$maxTimePicker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$maxTimePicker.Location = “110, 77”
$maxTimePicker.Width = “150”
$maxTimePicker.Format = [windows.forms.datetimepickerFormat]::custom
$maxTimePicker.CustomFormat = “HH:mm:ss”
$maxTimePicker.ShowUpDown = $TRUE
$mainForm.Controls.Add($maxTimePicker)

# OD Button
$okButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$okButton.Location = “15, 130”
$okButton.ForeColor = “Black”
$okButton.BackColor = “White”
$okButton.Text = “OK”
$okButton.add_Click({$mainForm.close()})
$mainForm.Controls.Add($okButton)

[void] $mainForm.ShowDialog()

stess

@dustinb3403 said in Creating GUI for DateTime Picker output to CSV file:

You can easily change the colors of this time picker from the script. Try the below.

###########################################################

TimeFramePicker.ps1

MeneerB 29/07/2015

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

Main Form

$mainForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font(“Consolas”, 13)
$mainForm.Text = ” Pick Time Frame”
$mainForm.Font = $font
$mainForm.ForeColor = “Black”
$mainForm.BackColor = “White”
$mainForm.Width = 300
$mainForm.Height = 200

DatePicker Label

$datePickerLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$datePickerLabel.Text = “date”
$datePickerLabel.Location = “15, 10”
$datePickerLabel.Height = 22
$datePickerLabel.Width = 90
$mainForm.Controls.Add($datePickerLabel)

MinTimePicker Label

$minTimePickerLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$minTimePickerLabel.Text = “min-time”
$minTimePickerLabel.Location = “15, 45”
$minTimePickerLabel.Height = 22
$minTimePickerLabel.Width = 90
$mainForm.Controls.Add($minTimePickerLabel)

MaxTimePicker Label

$maxTimePickerLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$maxTimePickerLabel.Text = “max-time”
$maxTimePickerLabel.Location = “15, 80”
$maxTimePickerLabel.Height = 22
$maxTimePickerLabel.Width = 90
$mainForm.Controls.Add($maxTimePickerLabel)

DatePicker

$datePicker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$datePicker.Location = “110, 7”
$datePicker.Width = “150”
$datePicker.Format = [windows.forms.datetimepickerFormat]::custom
$datePicker.CustomFormat = “dd/MM/yyyy”
$mainForm.Controls.Add($datePicker)

MinTimePicker

$minTimePicker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$minTimePicker.Location = “110, 42”
$minTimePicker.Width = “150”
$minTimePicker.Format = [windows.forms.datetimepickerFormat]::custom
$minTimePicker.CustomFormat = “HH:mm:ss”
$minTimePicker.ShowUpDown = $TRUE
$mainForm.Controls.Add($minTimePicker)

MaxTimePicker

$maxTimePicker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$maxTimePicker.Location = “110, 77”
$maxTimePicker.Width = “150”
$maxTimePicker.Format = [windows.forms.datetimepickerFormat]::custom
$maxTimePicker.CustomFormat = “HH:mm:ss”
$maxTimePicker.ShowUpDown = $TRUE
$mainForm.Controls.Add($maxTimePicker)

OD Button

$okButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$okButton.Location = “15, 130”
$okButton.ForeColor = “Black”
$okButton.BackColor = “White”
$okButton.Text = “OK”
$okButton.add_Click({$mainForm.close()})
$mainForm.Controls.Add($okButton)

[void] $mainForm.ShowDialog()

Not the color, the the whole scrolling thing. instead of clicking up and down or type in, I like it to be all mouse like in the second picture.

DustinB3403

I doubt that powershell will be pretty like that. It's process driven not gui driven.

stess

Old school style it is then.
Thanks!

scottalanmiller

Added a PowerShell tag.

DimS

@stess https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/platformspfe/2014/01/20/integrating-xaml-into-powershell/ look at this. It gives the basics of integrating XAML into a PowerShell script and might be right what you are looking for.