Error when calling Edit-StringList cmdlet

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" -Sho...

Id #2111 | Release: None | Updated: Jan 19 at 6:23 PM by Dirk_74 | Created: Jan 19 at 6:23 PM by Dirk_74

Error when trying to load ShowUI Module

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...

Id #2110 | Release: None | Updated: Mar 4 at 2:59 AM by PeterWAWood | Created: Dec 8 2011 at 5:04 PM by impco

ShowUI doesn't load under .NET 4 due to async keyword

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 exp...

Id #2109 | Release: None | Updated: Oct 12 2011 at 8:52 PM by Rynant | Created: Oct 12 2011 at 8:51 PM by Rynant

Windows 8, PS v3.0 cannot load ShowUI

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 leav...

Id #2108 | Release: None | Updated: Sep 15 2011 at 6:04 PM by dfinke | Created: Sep 15 2011 at 12:33 PM by ChrisWarwick

Double Animation with Storyboard Crash

The following code example crashes: New-TextBlock -Name "labelHello" -Text "Hello World" -FontSize 36 -Foreground GREEN -Cursor "Hand" -Triggers { New-EventTrigger -RoutedEvent ([System.Window...

Id #2107 | Release: None | Updated: Sep 7 2011 at 4:56 AM by Jaykul | Created: Aug 17 2011 at 7:33 PM by Jaykul

Window with content does not appear with -Show

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 cont...

Id #2106 | Release: ShowUI 1.3 (September 2011) | Updated: Sep 7 2011 at 4:49 AM by Jaykul | Created: Aug 4 2011 at 1:49 PM by Rynant

Change Control Contents from PowerShell

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 t...

Id #2105 | Release: ShowUI 1.2 (August 2011) | Updated: Aug 4 2011 at 6:27 AM by Jaykul | Created: Aug 4 2011 at 6:27 AM by Jaykul

Error Messages Obscure Errors While Generating controls

THREE Cases/Examples: PS> Grid { Button -Children "Hello" } New-Grid : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Children'. At line:1 char:5 + Grid <<<< { Button -Children "H...

Id #2104 | Release: ShowUI 1.3 (September 2011) | Updated: Aug 4 2011 at 6:55 AM by Jaykul | Created: Aug 1 2011 at 1:58 PM by Jaykul

ShowUI Function in Begin Block Does Not Run in PowerShell Console

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 proper...

Id #2101 | Release: ShowUI 1.2 (August 2011) | Updated: Aug 4 2011 at 1:48 PM by smurawski | Created: Jul 22 2011 at 6:11 AM by smurawski

FontWeight & FontSize aren't respected when using -AsJob

I was trying Doug's example at http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/07/powershell-clock-with-showui/ and wanted to run it as a job by replacing -Show with -AsJob. However, by doing so,...

Id #2099 | Release: ShowUI 1.3 (September 2011) | Updated: Aug 4 2011 at 6:53 AM by Jaykul | Created: Jul 9 2011 at 3:24 AM by Jaykul