form with two columns- text box get cut in the middle - forms

Question

im creating a gui script for users to get certain files, its not finished yet but i have a problem i cant solve.
i want to have choices of which file they want + an option for them to insert a name that they want for the file that they chose.
the problem is the text box is cut in the middle and only if you write a lot you will see the end of your text.
please help! thanks a lot!
this is the full script: *again-not complete
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
#This creates the path for the Json and also check if it is already there.
If(!(Test-Path -Path C:\Users\$env:USERNAME\documents\Json))
{
New-Item c:\users\$env:USERNAME\documents -ItemType directory -Name Json
$path = "c:\users\$env:USERNAME\documents\Json"
}
#creating the form
$objForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$objForm.Text = "Ofir`s script"
$objForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(480,200)
$objForm.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
#creating the label
$objLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$objLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(20,20)
$objLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$objLabel.Text = "Please check the relevant boxes:"
$objForm.Controls.Add($objLabel)
#This creates a checkbox called dsp.z
$objDspCheckbox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Checkbox
$objDspCheckbox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(20,40)
$objDspCheckbox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$objDspCheckbox.Text = "dsp.z"
$objDspCheckbox.TabIndex = 0
$objForm.Controls.Add($objDspCheckbox)
#This creates a checkbox called fpga.bin
$objFpgaCheckbox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Checkbox
$objFpgaCheckbox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(20,60)
$objFpgaCheckbox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$objFpgaCheckbox.Text = "fpga.bin"
$objFpgaCheckbox.TabIndex = 1
$objForm.Controls.Add($objFpgaCheckbox)
#This creates a checkbox called bootrom_uncmp.bin
$objBootCheckbox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Checkbox
$objBootCheckbox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(20,80)
$objBootCheckbox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$objBootCheckbox.Text = "bootrom_uncmp.bin"
$objBootCheckbox.TabIndex = 2
$objForm.Controls.Add($objBootCheckbox)
#This creates a label for the TextBox1
$objLabel1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$objLabel1.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,20)
$objLabel1.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$objLabel1.Text = "Change the name?:"
$objForm.Controls.Add($objLabel1)
#This creates the TextBox1
$objTextBox1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$objTextBox1.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(200,40)
$objTextBox1.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(200,20)
$objTextBox1.TabIndex = 3
$objForm.Controls.Add($objTextBox1)
#ok Button
$OKButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$OKButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(40,120)
$OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$OKButton.Text = "OK"
$OKButton.Add_Click(
{
if ($objDspCheckbox.Checked -eq $true)
{
New-Item $path -itemtype file -name Dsp.json -value #"
"{"sys_ver":"01.01.01.02","RED":[],"RED_VA":[],"BLACK": [{"type":"6","type_descr":"DSP file","tar_name":"dsp.tar.gz","image_name":"dsp.z","CRC":"1234567","version":"01.01.01.02","metadata":"62056"}
],"BLACK_VA":[]
}"
"# ;$objForm.close()
}
elseif ($objFpgaCheckbox.Checked -eq $true)
{
New-Item $path -itemtype file -name Fpga.json -value #"
"
{"type":"4","type_descr":"FPGA file","tar_name":"FPGA.tar.gz","image_name":"fpga.z","CRC":"1234567","version":"01.01.01.02","metadata":"9730652"},
"
"#
;$objForm.close()
}
elseif ($objBootCheckbox.Checked -eq $true)
{
New-Item $path -itemtype file -name Boot.json -value "Hello3" ;$objForm.close()
}
})
$objForm.Controls.Add($OKButton)
#cancle Button
$CancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$CancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(140,120)
$CancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$CancelButton.Text = "Cancel"
$CancelButton.Add_Click({$objForm.Close()})
$objForm.Controls.Add($CancelButton)
#Parameters (Need to add)
$dspname = $objTextBox1
#makes the form appear on top of the screen
$objForm.Topmost = $True
$objForm.Add_Shown({$objForm.Activate()})
[void] $objForm.ShowDialog()

Answer 1

the problem is the text box is cut in the middle and only if you write a lot you will see the end of your text. please help! thanks a lot!
The problem is that the TextBox control is hidden underneath your CheckBox controls, because you've configured them to be ridiculously wide.
Change:
$objDspCheckbox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
to something more sensible, like 150px instead of 280px:
$objDspCheckbox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,20)
Do this for all the checkboxes and you'll find the problem goes away.
Alternatively, bring the $objTextBox1 control to the front by setting a ChildIndex of 0 on it's parent (the Form object itself):
$objForm.Controls.SetChildIndex($objTextBox1,0)
after adding all child controls (but before calling $objForm.ShowDialog())