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Created Unassigned: What am I doing wrong ? [2116]

Wizard17 — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:02 GMT

I've "installed" the ShowUI (1.4 zip) module, and tried some of the examples trying to get familiar with it, but none of them actually work as advertised. What's going on ? I'm running powershell with -STA, tried elevated aswell, but even something simple as this example:

$pr=StackPanel -ControlName "Prompt" -Margin "8,0,8,8" {
Label "Please Enter Your Full Name:"
StackPanel -Orientation Horizontal {
TextBox -Name FullName -Width 100
Button "OK" -IsDefault -Width 50 -Margin "8,0,0,0" -On_Click {
Set-UIValue $Prompt -Passthru | Close-Control
}
}
} -On_Loaded { $FullName.Focus() } -Show

$pr

already fails because when I write text, hitting enter or pressing OK-button it just sits there. If I close the window, it returns nothing...
The alternative example of this:

$pr=StackPanel -ControlName "Prompt" -Margin "8,0,8,8" {
Label "Please Enter Your Full Name:"
StackPanel -Orientation Horizontal {
TextBox -Name FullName -Width 100
Button "OK" -IsDefault -Width 50 -Margin "8,0,0,0" -On_Click {
$Prompt.Tag = $FullName.Text
$Window.Close()
}
}
} -On_Loaded { $FullName.Focus() } -Show

$pr

works, but delivers an error:
Error in On_Click Event Handler on Button
At line:7 char:13
$Prompt.Tag = $FullName.Text
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Property 'Tag' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
Running on Windows Server 2012 standard with powershell 3.0

I also tried powershell.exe -STA -version 2, but that even gives me more errors
So, did I install it wrong, or is ShowUI not entirely compatible with powershell 3 ?
Perhaps .net 4.5 (2012) is the issue ?

Closed Issue: ShowUI Function in Begin Block Does Not Run in PowerShell Console [2101]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:56:17 GMT

When a ShowUI function is run from the begin block in a function in the PowerShell console, it will not load. The console is in STA mode with no modules other than ShowUI.

This does work properly in the ISE.

Closed Feature: Change Control Contents from PowerShell [2105]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:56:11 GMT

I would like to have a ShowUI window with various elements on it, e.g text boxes, stack panels etc. The problem I have with the Update-WPFJob now is that I do not know how to get to the elements that I have described.

So for example if I create a simple label and change the $window.Content that I can change it quite easily, but I do not know how to target individual labels or textboxes for example when I have a Uniform Grid or similar.

How can I accomplish this? I thought that I would be able to use the following:

$job = New-StackPanel -ControlName 'Get-PersonalInformation' -Columns 1 -Children {
New-Label "What is your first name?"
New-TextBox -Name Firstname
New-Label "What is your last name?"
New-TextBox -Name Lastname
New-Label "When were you born?"
Select-Date -Name Birthdate
} -asjob

And then I would be able to update it with something like:

$job | Update-WPFJob { $firstname.Content = "Russell" }

However this does not work and I get an error. I know how I can change the window contents using $window.Content, but that isn't good enough.

Edited Issue: Window with content does not appear with -Show [2106]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:55:39 GMT

Nothing appears when I run the following in ShowUI 1.2:

Window -Width 300 -Height 200 -Show {Button Close -Margin 50 -On_Click {$window.Close()}}

Using -AsJob works. If the window has no content, the window apears. This works:

Window -Width 300 -Height 200 -Show

Closed Issue: Window with content does not appear with -Show [2106]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:55:39 GMT

Edited Issue: Windows 8, PS v3.0 cannot load ShowUI [2108]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:54:10 GMT

Closed Issue: Windows 8, PS v3.0 cannot load ShowUI [2108]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:54:10 GMT

Commented Issue: ShowUI doesn't load under .NET 4 due to async keyword [2109]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:34:08 GMT

In my config files for the PowerShell console and ISE I have added v4.0.30319 for supportedRuntime. When I try to load ShowUI, I get a bunch of errors the first of which is:

: Identifier expected; 'async' is a keyword
: >>> public PSObject[] InvokeScriptInJob(string script, object parameters, bool async)

When I renamed async in PowerShellDataSource.cs and WPFJob.cs, ShowUI didn't throw any errors when I loaded the module.
Comments: Fix it 75b03e98d66570ca4e8740a08c721306d3bbaf45 Upgrade to HIGH impact since PowerShell 3 runs in .Net 4 (although I can't duplicate the error)

Edited Issue: ShowUI doesn't load under .NET 4 due to async keyword [2109]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:34:08 GMT

Edited Issue: Error when calling Edit-StringList cmdlet [2111]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:25:09 GMT

ShowUI 1.3 on WIN2K8 R2 x64:

Error when calling the Edit-StringList cmdlet and passing a value to the -List parameter.

Example:
Edit-StringList -list ("test1","test2") -Name "Testlist" -Show

Error:
Error in On_Loaded Event Handler on TestList (Grid)

At line:7 char:23
+ $list. <<<< ItemsSource = $psBoundParameters.List
Property 'ItemsSource' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.

I've made some changes within the attached Edit-StringList.ps1 to make the function work for me.
Thanks a lot for the great module.

Commented Issue: Error when calling Edit-StringList cmdlet [2111]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:22:57 GMT

Closed Issue: Error when trying to load ShowUI Module [2110]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:23:21 GMT

Script in PowerShell ISE:
cls
import-module showui

Error Generated:
Import-Module : There were errors in loading the format data file:
Microsoft.PowerShell, C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\showui\ShowUI.Formats.ps1xml : File skipped because it
was already present from "Microsoft.PowerShell".

At line:2 char:14
+ import-module <<<< showui
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Import-Module], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FormatXmlUpateException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
Comments: Can't Repro -- Please feel free to re-open if you can reproduce this on 1.4

Closed Issue: After code generation, showui looping looking for Current.style [2112]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:20:11 GMT

After completing code generation on startup, import-module showui still stays stuck. It appears that its repeatedly looking for a file named "Current.style" in ...\Modules\ShowUI\StyleSystem\Styles, while in fact the file is located one-level up in the StyleSystem directory.
Comments: Fixed in 1.4

Closed Issue: import-module ShowUI fails exception calling "FixSerialization" with "0" argument(s) [2113]

Jaykul — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:19:21 GMT

Import ShowUI module fails?
[ShowUI.XamlTricks] doesn't seem to have method FixSerialization?
What's wrong?

PS>import-module ShowUI
Exception calling "FixSerialization" with "0" argument(s): "Request failed."
At \\S0025600\u18218\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ShowUI\ShowUI.psm1:137 char:38
+ [ShowUI.XamlTricks]::FixSerialization <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

[097%] PS>get-module *

ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Script ShowUI {Out-Xaml, Add-UIModule, Move-Control, Get-Input...}

PS>[ShowUI.XamlTricks] | gm -type method

TypeName: System.RuntimeType

Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Clone Method System.Object Clone()
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj), bool Equals(type o)
FindInterfaces Method type[] FindInterfaces(System.Reflection.TypeFilter filter, System.Object filterCriteria)
FindMembers Method System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] FindMembers(System.Reflection.MemberTypes memberType, System.Reflection.B...
GetArrayRank Method int GetArrayRank()
GetConstructor Method System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo GetConstructor(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Refl...
GetConstructors Method System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo[] GetConstructors(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System....
GetCustomAttributes Method System.Object[] GetCustomAttributes(bool inherit), System.Object[] GetCustomAttributes(type attributeTyp...
GetDefaultMembers Method System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] GetDefaultMembers()
GetElementType Method type GetElementType()
GetEvent Method System.Reflection.EventInfo GetEvent(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System.Re...
GetEvents Method System.Reflection.EventInfo[] GetEvents(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System.Reflection.E...
GetField Method System.Reflection.FieldInfo GetField(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System.Re...
GetFields Method System.Reflection.FieldInfo[] GetFields(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System.Reflection.F...
GetGenericArguments Method type[] GetGenericArguments()
GetGenericParameterConstraints Method type[] GetGenericParameterConstraints()
GetGenericTypeDefinition Method type GetGenericTypeDefinition()
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetInterface Method type GetInterface(string fullname, bool ignoreCase), type GetInterface(string name)
GetInterfaceMap Method System.Reflection.InterfaceMapping GetInterfaceMap(type ifaceType)
GetInterfaces Method type[] GetInterfaces()
GetMember Method System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] GetMember(string name, System.Reflection.MemberTypes type, System.Reflect...
GetMembers Method System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] GetMembers(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System.Reflection...
GetMethod Method System.Reflection.MethodInfo GetMethod(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.R...
GetMethods Method System.Reflection.MethodInfo[] GetMethods(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System.Reflection...
GetNestedType Method type GetNestedType(string fullname, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), type GetNestedType(stri...
GetNestedTypes Method type[] GetNestedTypes(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), type[] GetNestedTypes()
GetObjectData Method System.Void GetObjectData(System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, System.Runtime.Serializat...
GetProperties Method System.Reflection.PropertyInfo[] GetProperties(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr), System.Refle...
GetProperty Method System.Reflection.PropertyInfo GetProperty(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, Syst...
GetType Method type GetType()
InvokeMember Method System.Object InvokeMember(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingFlags, System.Reflection.B...
IsAssignableFrom Method bool IsAssignableFrom(type c)
IsDefined Method bool IsDefined(type attributeType, bool inherit)
IsInstanceOfType Method bool IsInstanceOfType(System.Object o)
IsSubclassOf Method bool IsSubclassOf(type type)
MakeArrayType Method type MakeArrayType(), type MakeArrayType(int rank)
MakeByRefType Method type MakeByRefType()
MakeGenericType Method type MakeGenericType(type[] instantiation)
MakePointerType Method type MakePointerType()
ToString Method string ToString()

Comments: Not a real bug (thank goodness)

Edited Unassigned: Please delete this. [2115]

ALIENQuake — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:35:08 GMT

Please delete this.

Edited Unassigned: Method invocation failed because [System.Windows.Window] doesn't contain a method named 'Item' [2115]

ALIENQuake — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:34:30 GMT

Please delete this.

Edited Unassigned: Method invocation failed because [System.Windows.Window] doesn't contain a method named 'Item' [2115]

ALIENQuake — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:06:15 GMT

Hi,
I'm facing this error when i try to run my app:

> Method invocation failed because [System.Windows.Window] doesn't contain a method named 'Item'.
> At 5.ps1:758 char:35
> + if ($TargetResolution -eq $null){ $TargetResolution = $DataHashTable.Item("Targe ...

Win7 x64
PS 3.0
.NET 4.5

Maybe it's common problem with PS 3.0 and NET 4.5 ?

Can somebody check what could be wrong with this code: [http://pastebin.com/jMx9yAa1](http://pastebin.com/jMx9yAa1)

Created Unassigned: Method invocation failed because [System.Windows.Window] doesn't contain a method named 'Item' [2115]

ALIENQuake — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:05:12 GMT

Hi,
I'm facing this error when i try to run my app.

Win7 x64
PS 3.0
.NET 4.5

Maybe it's common problem with PS 3.0 and NET 4.5 ?

Can somebody check what could be wrong with this code: [http://pastebin.com/jMx9yAa1](http://pastebin.com/jMx9yAa1)

Commented Feature: Enable loading ShowUI from a UNC path [2096]

sholton — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:14:45 GMT

Where I work I have multiple computers I use, so I try to always put my modules on a network share to make installation easier. I found out when loading this, that ShowUI only works on a local drive. On a network drive you get an error. I've setup the security settings on my computer to trust the network location ( through IE settings) and I do have other modules with compiled code working fine from the share.

$Env:PSModulePath += ';\\MyServer\MyShare$\MyData\Scripts\Modules'
Import-Module ShowUI

Set-Alias : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Name' because it is null.
At \\MyServer\MyShare$\MyData\Scripts\Modules\ShowUI\ShowUI.psm1:94 char:20
+ Set-Alias -Name <<<< $ta.Noun -Value "$ta"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Set-Alias], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetAliasCommand
Comments: As the problem is (I think) only with the generated DLLs, I ended up copying the \GeneratedAssemblies to my C: drive (after generating...), and changed 4 lines in ShowUI.psm1 to point to C: instead of $psScriptRoot. This will not help your "roaming" (actually, it would - but you'd have to remember to copy your pre-gens to each C: drive one time...), Also, not sure if this might cause issues if some of your visited computers are .Net 3, or PS 1, etc. But should not be any worse than running the (potentially) "wrong" version from your user drive... Works for me because all of our "user" directories are on the network (so are backed up, and available for "roaming"), and we're all .Net 4, Win7, etc.. (As \WindowsPowershell is in the user directory, it is also "on the network"). I opted to --not-- do "the configuration change", as this carte-blanche to load any DLL from anyplace looks like a major addition to our potential "attack surface" (which is likely why it is NOT the default... Not to mention that the aforementioned config file is in a subdirectory of \Windows, from which we are precluded making any changes by group policy (or something -- can "edit" just fine, but can't save...). I think generating each time might be a little bit too slow - it already takes long enough just to load powershell. Perhaps you could just copy the pre-generated \GeneratedAssemblies directory to temp and --not-- re-generate each time? The lines I changed in ShowUI.psm1 are (commented out are originals; un-commented are replacements: #$CommandsPath = "$psScriptRoot\GeneratedAssemblies\ShowUI.CLR$($psVersionTable.clrVersion).dll" #$CoreOutputPath = "$psScriptRoot\GeneratedAssemblies\ShowUICore.CLR$($psVersionTable.clrVersion).dll" $CommandsPath = "C:\GeneratedAssemblies\ShowUI.CLR$($psVersionTable.clrVersion).dll" $CoreOutputPath = "C:\GeneratedAssemblies\ShowUICore.CLR$($psVersionTable.clrVersion).dll" and # Get-ChildItem $psScriptRoot\GeneratedAssemblies -Force -Recurse -Exclude $exclude -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | # Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue # Get-ChildItem $psScriptRoot\GeneratedCode -Recurse -Force -Exclude $exclude -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | # Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Get-ChildItem C:\GeneratedAssemblies -Force -Recurse -Exclude $exclude -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Get-ChildItem C:\GeneratedCode -Recurse -Force -Exclude $exclude -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue WASN'T sure about the output ones (maybe don't require changes???), and am not sure that other changes may be necessary (or these changes may cause other issues, etc.), but it APPEARS to be working OK here.

Commented Issue: Windows 8, PS v3.0 cannot load ShowUI [2108]

jamesheyes — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:41:38 GMT

Import-Module ShowUI does not work on Windows 8/PowerShell 3.0

On first load the function compiler runs and reports that it has completed - but it never terminates. Terminating it manually leaves ShowUI in a non-usable state and subsequent "ipmo showui" attempts also fail.
Comments: Hi, are there any updates on this? I have ShowUI working on boxes with PS 3 installed, but only by specifying PS 2 when executing a script. We are rolling out Server 2012 now, and they don't have the earlier version so I would like to find a fix or work around if possible. Thanks