{"id":12534,"date":"2016-07-28T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/?p=12534"},"modified":"2016-10-27T11:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T18:03:52","slug":"how-do-multi-form-projects-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/28\/how-do-multi-form-projects-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Multi-Form Projects Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Applies to: PowerShell Studio 2016, Windows PowerShell 3.0+<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I recently wrote an article with step-by-step instructions for creating a very simple multi-form PowerShell GUI application<\/a>. In our sample app, we use PowerShell Studio features that make it very easy to open a child form from the main form and gets the text in the textbox on the child form.<\/p>\n

In this article, I’ll explain what goes on in the background to make these features work. You might not care — just so they work — and that’s fine. But if you’re wondering how this happens, or you need to debug a problem, or you’d like to customize these features for your environment, this information will help.<\/p>\n

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It’s One Script<\/h1>\n

One of the first things to know about GUI apps is that PowerShell Studio combines the code in the form or form project — all of it — into a single PowerShell script, a .PS1 file.
\nRead the full post in the SAPIEN Information Center….<\/a><\/p>\n

June Blender is a technology evangelist at SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. and a Windows PowerShell MVP. You can reach her at <\/em>juneb@sapien.com <\/em><\/a>or follow her on Twitter at <\/em>@juneb_get_help<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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