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  • This example is completely unclear, incomplete, or has severe formatting problems. It is unlikely to be salvageable through editing and should be removed. –  Moerwald Feb 9 at 6:06

    Would be cool to have some additional explanation what the posted code does.

    1. The edits seem to have addressed your concerns. The code works as posted and has comments that explain what the various (large) pieces of code do.

       –  Mike Shepard Apr 12 at 1:27

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  WPF GUI for Get-Service cmdlet
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  Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
   
  [xml]$XAMLWindow = '
  <Window 
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
      Height="Auto"
      SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight"
      Title="Get-Service">
      <ScrollViewer Padding="10,10,10,0" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
          <StackPanel>
              <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                  <Label Margin="10,10,0,10">ComputerName:</Label>
                  <TextBox Name="Input" Margin="10" Width="250px"></TextBox>
              </StackPanel>
              <DockPanel>
                  <Button Name="ButtonGetService" Content="Get-Service" Margin="10" Width="150px" IsEnabled="false"/>
                  <Button Name="ButtonClose" Content="Close" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="10" Width="50px"/>
              </DockPanel>
          </StackPanel> 
      </ScrollViewer >
  </Window>
  '
  
  # Create the Window Object
  $Reader=(New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $XAMLWindow)
  $Window=[Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load( $Reader )
  
  # TextChanged Event Handler for Input 
  $TextboxInput = $Window.FindName("Input")
  $TextboxInput.add_TextChanged.Invoke({
      $ComputerName = $TextboxInput.Text
      $ButtonGetService.IsEnabled = $ComputerName -ne ''
  })
  
  # Click Event Handler for ButtonClose
  $ButtonClose = $Window.FindName("ButtonClose")
  $ButtonClose.add_Click.Invoke({
      $Window.Close();
  })
  
  # Click Event Handler for ButtonGetService
  $ButtonGetService = $Window.FindName("ButtonGetService")
  $ButtonGetService.add_Click.Invoke({
      $ComputerName = $TextboxInput.text.Trim()
      try{
          Get-Service -ComputerName $computerName | Out-GridView -Title "Get-Service on $ComputerName"
      }catch{
          [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($_.exception.message,"Error",[System.Windows.MessageBoxButton]::OK,[System.Windows.MessageBoxImage]::Error)
      }
  })
  
  # Open the Window
  $Window.ShowDialog() | Out-Null
  

  This creates a dialog window which allows the user to select a computer name, then will display a table of services and their statuses on that computer.
  This example uses WPF rather than Windows Forms.

  edited Feb 10 at 11:47

  
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