Taking input to a variable from a textbox

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I am working on creating a GUI based app with PowerShell. I am struggling with getting the text entered by the user in the textbox to be assigned to a variable.

I want the user to enter the server name in the textbox and use that text on button click for processing the rest.

Suppose $Textbox is the textbox while $Server is the server.

You would do well to read How to Ask as your question is missing some of the basics.. specifically any code (as minimal reproducible example) — henrycarteruk
– henrycarteruk, Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 14:58
Screenshot of the form window itself is fine, but please don't post screenshots of code - post the actual code (maybe revisit the "Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example" page linked by @JamesC.) — Mathias R. Jessen
– Mathias R. Jessen, Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 15:06
You probably want to research events. Keeping in mind you are now using .NET libraries within your powershell.... msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/… — Christopher
– Christopher, Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 15:17

HeedfulCrayon · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-26 14:39:38Z

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From the picture of what you posted... here is how you would handle the button click and passing the content of the textbox to the server function

function Server-Task {
    Param(
        [string]$textboxStuff
    )
    # ... Do Stuff ....
}

$Submit.Add_Click({Server-Task $Textbox.Text})

You could also just store the $Textbox.Text to a variable

edited Mar 26, 2018 at 14:39

answered Mar 23, 2018 at 16:49

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Ramakant Dadhichi Over a year ago

Was able to use $Textbox.text and assigned it to th variable I wanted. $Server = $Textbox.Text write-host $Server

Ramakant Dadhichi Over a year ago

Yes I used the $Textbox.text into a variable and then worked with the variable for my result-set.

HeedfulCrayon Over a year ago

@RamakantDadhichi Glad you were able to get it working. Did you get the button click working?

Ramakant Dadhichi Over a year ago

Yes,the app is working fine now. Will add more features soon.

HeedfulCrayon Over a year ago

@RamakantDadhichi Please remember to mark the answer so that others with similar questions know this worked

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