Use powershell command in add_click

Question

I do a basic powershell script with a window and a simple button,

On the add_click action i want to execute the "powershell -file $path" command to open another script

in the main the command works, but not when it is in the .add_click({ })

    #main
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$form = New-Object Windows.Forms.Form

$btn1 = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button
$btn1.Text = "Button1"
$form.Controls.Add($btn1)

$path = "C:\Users\Administrateur\Desktop\export_vers_test\test_cmd.ps1"
#powershell -file $path #Here it works

$btn1.add_Click({
    write-host $path
    powershell -file $path #Here it works doesn't works
})

$form.ShowDialog()

Can i have some help please?

guiwhatsthat · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-08 13:24:42Z

1

You need to pass the string path to your powershell function.

Use paramters for that.

Your function:

function Set-ActionOnClic{ 
param($path)
    write-host $path
}

the call in the click event

$btn1.add_Click({
    Set-ActionOnClic -path $path
    #Run the script
    . $Path
})

edited Jun 8, 2018 at 13:24

answered Jun 8, 2018 at 12:33

guiwhatsthat

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5 Comments

Kishiro Over a year ago

It is not the problem, without passing the parameter i can write-host the path, but what i want is to execute "powershell" command

guiwhatsthat Over a year ago

try . $Path for the execution of the script.

Kishiro Over a year ago

ah but now i can't pass parameters . $path [-parameters]

guiwhatsthat Over a year ago

It's still possible to use parameters. Take a look at this

Carsten Over a year ago

Just use $script:Path in the initil script and it should work.

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