{"id":3737,"date":"2012-01-24T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T22:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2012-01-24T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T23:21:21","slug":"convert-powershell-scripts-to-gui-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/convert-powershell-scripts-to-gui-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert PowerShell Scripts to GUI Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have created the mother of all PowerShell scripts and spent endless hours honing its performance and catching error conditions.\u00a0Now that you are rolling out this gem of a script to your users, you find out that they don’t take to the command prompt as you do.<\/p>\n

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You have also found out that some others even go and edit your skillfully crafted script and are now blaming you for errors.<\/p>\n

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You can avoid all of that by converting your command line script to a Windows Forms application with PrimalForms 2011.\u00a0Create a GUI version of your PowerShell script to make the user interface easier for everyday users and package your\u00a0script into an executable to prevent modification in the field.<\/p>\n

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Don Jones explained the process in one of our training sessions. View the video here:
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This video, along with its detailed voice-over, will walk you through creating the GUI, adding events and event handlers. It also explains how to export and package your script into a single executable for distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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