Counting Services on multiple servers - powershell

I'm still a beginner with powershell, but love to learn and research all the things it can do.
So with that, I am looking to create a script that will output to a datagridview table. I created a simple enough form that has a multi-line text box where you can enter in a list of servers and then just a simple "check" button that calls my function to actually query each server for their services and outputs that info into the datagridview below it.
That part was easy enough for me to create. My thing is, I want it to do the following":
query each server and pull the list of all services on that server
then in the datagridview, I want it to show the service name in column 1, and then the count of how many servers have that service in column 2
Hope this make since. Can't really provide any code as I don't know how to properly write it! I'm thinking there is someway to generate the full list, then do a loop and count type thing, but not sure.
I thank you for any assistance with this. Been googling and reading up like crazy. Either not correct search criteria or something just isn't clicking for me.
Update - Adding in current script I have:
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
$xForm = 800
$yForm = 800
$SVCForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$SVCForm.Text = "Automatic Services Query"
$SVCForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size($xForm,$yForm)
$SVCForm.FormBorderStyle = "FixedSingle"
$SVCForm.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
$SVCForm.ControlBox = $true
$SVCForm.KeyPreview = $True
$SVCForm.ShowIcon = $false
$SVCForm.MinimizeBox = $True
$SVCForm.MaximizeBox = $false
$CancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$CancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(365,720)
$CancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$CancelButton.Text = "Cancel"
$CancelButton.Add_Click({$x=$CancelButton.Text;$SVCForm.Close()})
$SVCForm.Controls.Add($CancelButton)
$ServerListGroup = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox
$ServerListGroup.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(5,10)
$ServerListGroup.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(780,300)
$ServerListGroup.text = "Enter list of servers you want to check:"
$SVCForm.Controls.Add($ServerListGroup)
$ServerList = New-object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$ServerList.Location = New-object System.Drawing.Size(5,25)
$ServerList.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,270)
$ServerList.Multiline = $True
$ServerList.ScrollBars = "Vertical"
#$ServerList.add_TextChanged({ONValButton})
$ServerListGroup.Controls.Add($ServerList)
$SVCButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$SVCButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(505,140)
$SVCButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(180,22)
$SVCButton.Text = "SVC Check"
$SVCButton.Enabled = $True
$SVCButton.Add_Click({SvcCheckCount})
$ServerListGroup.Controls.Add($SVCButton)
$SvcListGroup = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox
$SvcListGroup.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(5,330)
$SvcListGroup.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(780,380)
$SvcListGroup.text = "Automatic Running/Not-Running Services are listed below:"
$SVCForm.Controls.Add($SvcListGroup)
#$SvcList = New-object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
#$SvcList.Location = New-object System.Drawing.Size(5,25)
#$SvcList.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(765,350)
#$SvcList.Multiline = $True
#$SvcList.ScrollBars = "Vertical"
#$SvcList.Readonly= $True
#$SvcListGroup.Controls.Add($SvcList)
$SvcGrid = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
$SvcGrid.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(5,15)
$SvcGrid.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(760,360)
$SvcGrid.ColumnHeadersBorderStyle = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewHeaderBorderStyle]::Single
$SvcGrid.CellBorderStyle = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellBorderStyle]::Single
$SvcGrid.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode]::DisableResizing
$SvcGrid.GridColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black
$SvcGrid.RowHeadersVisible = $false
$SvcGrid.AllowUserToAddRows = $false
$SvcGrid.AllowUserToResizeColumns = $False
$SvcGrid.AllowUserToResizeRows = $false
$SvcGrid.ColumnHeadersHeight = 23
$SvcGrid.SelectionMode = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewSelectionMode]::FullRowSelect
$Scroll = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.VScrollBar
$Scroll.Dock = [System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle]::Right
$Scroll.width = 18
$Scroll.isAccessible = $false
$SvcGrid.Controls.Add($Scroll)
$SvcGrid.Columns.Add("Name","Service Name") > $null
$SvcGrid.Columns["Name"].Width = 200
$SvcGrid.Columns["Name"].HeaderCell.Style.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleLeft
$SvcGrid.Columns["Name"].DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleLeft
$SvcGrid.Columns["Name"].ReadOnly = $False
$SvcGrid.Columns.Add("StartMode", "Start Mode") > $null
$SvcGrid.Columns["StartMode"].Width = 180
$SvcGrid.Columns["StartMode"].HeaderCell.Style.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleLeft
$SvcGrid.Columns["StartMode"].DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleLeft
$SvcGrid.Columns["StartMode"].ReadOnly = $False
$SvcGrid.Columns.Add("Running","Running") > $null
$SvcGrid.Columns["Running"].Width = 180
$SvcGrid.Columns["Running"].HeaderCell.Style.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleCenter
$SvcGrid.Columns["Running"].DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleCenter
$SvcGrid.Columns["Running"].ReadOnly = $true
$SvcGrid.Columns.Add("NotRunng","Not Running")>$null
$SvcGrid.Columns["NotRunng"].Width = 180
$SvcGrid.Columns["NotRunng"].HeaderCell.Style.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleCenter
$SvcGrid.Columns["NotRunng"].DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment]::MiddleCenter
$SvcGrid.Columns["NotRunng"].ReadOnly = $true
$SvcListGroup.Controls.Add($SvcGrid)
Function SvcCheckCount
{
$SvcGrid.Rows.Clear()
$Servername = $ServerList.Text.Split("`n")|%{$_.trim()}
foreach($Server in $Servername)
{
$Server = $Server.ToUpper()
$svctest = Get-WmiObject Win32_Service | Where-Object {$_.StartMode -eq 'Auto'} | Select-Object Name, Startmode, State
Foreach ($svc in $svctest)
{
$name = $svc.Name
$startmode = $svc.StartMode
$state = $svc.State
If($state-eq"Running"){$SvcGrid.Rows.add($name,$startmode,$state)}
If($state-eq"Stopped"){$SvcGrid.Rows.add($name,$startmode,$null,$state)}
}
}
}
$SVCForm.Topmost = $True
$SVCForm.Add_Shown({$SVCForm.Activate()})
[void] $SVCForm.ShowDialog()

Since you already have the GUI portion of this functioning I am going to focus us the grouping of the data you are looking for. Going into this the one thing I am fuzzy on is why you have the if statements are for but we can work on that if need be. The following is meant to be in place of your foreach loop
$services = #()
foreach($Server in $Servername){
$Server = $Server.ToUpper()
$services += Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -ComputerName $Server -Filter 'StartMode="Auto"' |
Select-Object Name, Startmode, State |
Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Value $Server -Name "Server" -PassThru
}
$services | Group-Object Name | ForEach-Object{
$SvcGrid.Rows.add($_.Name,$_.Count)
}
First thing: you were not using the $server variable in your wmi call so all the results would have been from the one machine you were running this from. Also, I moved the Where into a -Filter so that should speed up processing on remote machines.
Collect all of this information into an array (adding the computer name in case it becomes useful later). Then, using the results from that use Group-Object to get the counts you were looking for. Pipe that into another ForEach-Object to get the results in your grid ( which i have not tested.)
Side note: If you just want the info in a grid you can use Out-GridView
$services | Group-Object Name | Select name,count | Out-GridView

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Powershell TextBox automatically update file contents

Anyone can help me fix my code below. I am displaying a log file in the textbox, but the textbox wont update automatically when the log file is updated. I tried using a timer but it wont work since it will refresh the whole form and the input file name will be reset too, so it will return a null value. Please go to "viewComo" function.
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()
#2. Instantiate a Form Object
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Form_MAIN = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form;
$Form_MAIN.ClientSize = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(1024,1000);
$Form_MAIN.StartPosition = "manual";
$Form_MAIN.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(600,300);
$Form_MAIN.BackColor = [System.Drawing.ColorTranslator]::FromHtml("#6699CC");
$Form_MAIN.text = "DataCenter Operation Applications";
$Form_MAIN.TopMost = $false;
$Form_MAIN.AutoSize = $false;
$Form_MAIN.AutoScale = $false;
$Form_MAIN.MaximizeBox = $false;
#3. Build the Form Components
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$MainMenu = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip;
$Menu_File = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("File");
$SubMenu_Open = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("Open");
$SubMenu_Save = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("Save");
$SubMenu_Exit = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("Exit");
$Menu_DCApp = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("DCApp");
$SubMenu_Reports_Checker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("Reports_Checker");
$SubMenu_Reports_Transfer = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("Reports_Transfer");
$SubMenu_COB_Monitoring = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("COB_Monitoring");
$SubMenu_AD_AccountLock_Checker = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("AD_AccountLock_Checker");
$Menu_Help = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("Help");
$Menu_About = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem("About");
$GB_Top = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Groupbox;
$GB_Top.height = 330;
$GB_Top.width = 990;
$GB_Top.text = "Como Checker, Please input the Service name below";
$GB_Top.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(15,30);
$GB_Top.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Calibri',12);
$TB_Top_Input = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox;
$TB_Top_Input.multiline = $true;
$TB_Top_Input.width = 840;
$TB_Top_Input.height = 30;
$TB_Top_Input.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,25);
$TB_Top_Input.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Calibri',10);
$TB_Top_Button = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button;
$TB_Top_Button.Text = "Search COMO";
$TB_Top_Button.width = 124;
$TB_Top_Button.height = 30;
$TB_Top_Button.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(850,25);
$TB_Top_Button.Add_Click({checkComoFiles})
$RB_LabelQuery = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label;
$RB_LabelQuery.Text = "Choose the Range to query:";
$RB_LabelQuery.AutoSize = $true;
$RB_LabelQuery.width = 104;
$RB_LabelQuery.height = 10;
$RB_LabelQuery.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,55);
$RB_LabelQuery.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Callibri',9);
$RB_Option1 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.RadioButton;
$RB_Option1.Text = "Last 1 Hour";
$RB_Option1.AutoSize = $true;
$RB_Option1.width = 104;
$RB_Option1.height = 10;
$RB_Option1.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(170,55);
$RB_Option1.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Callibri',9);
$RB_Option2 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.RadioButton;
$RB_Option2.Text = "Last 3 Hours";
$RB_Option2.AutoSize = $true;
$RB_Option2.width = 104;
$RB_Option2.height = 10;
$RB_Option2.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(270,55);
$RB_Option2.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Callibri',9);
$RB_Option3 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.RadioButton;
$RB_Option3.Text = "Last 24 Hours";
$RB_Option3.AutoSize = $true;
$RB_Option3.width = 104;
$RB_Option3.height = 10;
$RB_Option3.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(360,55);
$RB_Option3.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Callibri',9);
$RB_LabelOutput = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label;
$RB_LabelOutput.Text = "Result:";
$RB_LabelOutput.AutoSize = $true;
$RB_LabelOutput.width = 104;
$RB_LabelOutput.height = 10;
$RB_LabelOutput.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,85);
$RB_LabelOutput.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Calibri',12);
#$TB_Top_Output = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox;
#$TB_Top_Output.multiline = $true;
#$TB_Top_Output.width = 970;
#$TB_Top_Output.height = 200;
#$TB_Top_Output.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,110);
$dataGridView = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
$dataGridView.Size=New-Object System.Drawing.Size(970,200)
$dataGridView.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,110);
$dataGridView.BackgroundColor = "White";
#$form.Controls.Add($dataGridView)
$dataGridView.ColumnCount = 1
$dataGridView.ColumnHeadersVisible = $true
$dataGridView.Columns[0].Name = "Como Name"
$datagridview.Columns[0].Width = 300;
$datagridview.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Courier New',9);
$datagridview.Add_CellMouseDoubleClick({viewComoGrid})
$GB_Bottom = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Groupbox;
$GB_Bottom.height = 600;
$GB_Bottom.width = 990;
$GB_Bottom.text = "View COMO";
$GB_Bottom.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(15,380);
$GB_Bottom.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Calibri',12);
$TB_Bottom_Input = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox;
$TB_Bottom_Input.multiline = $true;
$TB_Bottom_Input.width = 840;
$TB_Bottom_Input.height = 30;
$TB_Bottom_Input.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,20);
$TB_Bottom_Input.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Calibri',10);
$TB_Bottom_Button = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button;
$TB_Bottom_Button.Text = "View COMO";
$TB_Bottom_Button.width = 124;
$TB_Bottom_Button.height = 30;
$TB_Bottom_Button.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(850,20);
$TB_Bottom_Button.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Calibri',10);
$TB_Bottom_Button.Add_Click({viewComo})
$RB_LabelOutput_Bottom = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label;
$RB_LabelOutput_Bottom.Text = "Result:";
$RB_LabelOutput_Bottom.AutoSize = $true;
$RB_LabelOutput_Bottom.width = 104;
$RB_LabelOutput_Bottom.height = 10;
$RB_LabelOutput_Bottom.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,55);
$RB_LabelOutput_Bottom.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Calibri',12);
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox;
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.multiline = $true;
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(970,510)
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.ReadOnly = $True
#$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.width = 970;
#$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.height = 510;
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,80);
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.ScrollBars = 'Both'
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Courier New',9);
#4. Add the Components to the Group Boxes
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$GB_Top.controls.AddRange(#($RB_LabelQuery, $RB_Option1,$RB_Option2,$RB_Option3,$TB_Top_Input, $TB_Top_Button, $RB_LabelOutput, $dataGridView));
$GB_Bottom.controls.AddRange(#($L_Bottom_Output,$B_Enter, $TB_Bottom_Input, $TB_Bottom_Button, $RB_LabelOutput_Bottom, $TB_Top_Output_Bottom ));
#4. Add the Components to the Form
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Menu_File.DropDownItems.Add($SubMenu_Open);
$Menu_File.DropDownItems.Add($SubMenu_Save);
$Menu_File.DropDownItems.Add($SubMenu_Exit);
$Menu_DCApp.DropDownItems.Add($SubMenu_Reports_Checker);
$Menu_DCApp.DropDownItems.Add($SubMenu_Reports_Transfer);
$Menu_DCApp.DropDownItems.Add($SubMenu_COB_Monitoring);
$Menu_DCApp.DropDownItems.Add($SubMenu_AD_AccountLock_Checker);
$MainMenu.Items.Add($Menu_File);
$MainMenu.Items.Add($Menu_DCApp);
$MainMenu.Items.Add($Menu_Help);
$MainMenu.Items.Add($Menu_About);
$Form_MAIN.controls.AddRange(#($MainMenu,$TB_Output));
#4.1 Add the Group Boxes to the Form
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Form_MAIN.controls.AddRange(#($GB_Top,$GB_Bottom));
#5. Code the Event Handlers
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$SubMenu_Open.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n Open File."; })
$SubMenu_Save.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n Save File."; })
$SubMenu_Exit.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n Exit Program."; })
$SubMenu_Reports_Checker.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n Reports_Checker"; })
$SubMenu_Reports_Transfer.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n Reports_Transfer"; })
$SubMenu_COB_Monitoring.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n COB_Monitoring"; })
$SubMenu_AD_AccountLock_Checker.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n AD_AccountLock_Checker"; })
$Menu_DCApp.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n Options!"; })
$Menu_Help.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n Help me!"; })
$Menu_About.Add_Click({ $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Text = "`r`n All about ME."; })
function checkComoFiles {
$servicename= $TB_Top_Input.Text
$dataGridView.Rows.Clear()
$TB_Top_Input.Clear()
if ($RB_Option1.Checked) {
$hours = 1
$ResultQuery = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\user\Downloads\ -File | Where-Object {($_.LastWriteTime - gt (Get-Date (Get-Date).AddHours(-$hours))) } |
ForEach-Object { $_ | Select-String -List -Pattern $servicename -SimpleMatch |
Select-Object -first 1 -ExpandProperty FileName}
}
if ($RB_Option2.Checked) {
$hours = 3
$ResultQuery = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\user\Downloads\ -File | Where-Object {($_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date (Get-Date).AddHours(-$hours))) } |
ForEach-Object { $_ | Select-String -List -Pattern $servicename -SimpleMatch |
Select-Object -first 1 -ExpandProperty FileName}
}
if ($RB_Option3.Checked) {
$hours = 24
$ResultQuery = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\user\Downloads\ -File | Where-Object {($_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date (Get-Date).AddHours(-$hours))) } |
ForEach-Object { $_ | Select-String -List -Pattern $servicename -SimpleMatch |
Select-Object -first 1 -ExpandProperty FileName}
}
$dataGridView.Columns[0].Name = $servicename
$rows = #($ResultQuery)
foreach ($row in $rows)
{
$dataGridView.Rows.Add($row)
}
}
Function viewComo {
$comoName = $TB_Bottom_Input.Text
$openComolive = Get-Content C:\Users\user\Downloads\$comoName
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Lines = $openComolive
$TB_Bottom_Input.Clear()
}
Function viewComoGrid {
$rowIndex = $datagridview.CurrentRow.Index
$columnIndex = $datagridview.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex
#Write-Host $rowIndex
#Write-Host $columnIndex
#Write-Host $datagridview.Rows[$rowIndex].Cells[0].value
#Write-Host $datagridview.Rows[$rowIndex].Cells[$columnIndex].value
$comoNameGrid = $datagridview.Rows[$rowIndex].Cells[0].value
$openComoliveGrid = Get-Content C:\Users\user\Downloads\$comoNameGrid
$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Lines = $openComoliveGrid
$TB_Bottom_Input.Clear()
}
#6. Display Form
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Form_Main.ShowDialog();
Im trying to use below timer in my above code but it wont work since the whole form will be refresh
$timer = new-object Windows.Forms.Timer
$timer.Interval=10000
$timer.add_Tick({$TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Lines = Get-Content C:\Users\user\Downloads\$logname | Out-String; $TB_Top_Output_Bottom.Refresh()})
$timer.Start()
Original Version:
This isn't exactly intended to be an answer!
I think mklement0's answer is probably a safer way of getting the job done. But I remember reading about FileSystemWatcher some years ago, and having never used it before, wanted to give it a try.
Found this C# FileSystemWatcher answer, and figured out how to recreate the work in PowerShell.
Found this interesting use of SynchronizingObject for System.Timers.Timer that appears to allow Timer's Elapsed event to to run in the same thread as a control or form, and discovered that FileSystemWatcher also has a SynchronizingObject Property.
This seems to work flawlessly when editing and saving MyLogFile.TXT with NotePad.exe, but when I load MyLogFile.TXT in VSCode, the script either crashes or stops working. I think VSCode is locking the file and preventing the script from reading it, but I'm not really sure.
I would like to stress that this is an experiment, and this is outside my experience, use with with caution.
Basic code for setting up a Form for testing FileSystemWatcher:
using namespace System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[Application]::EnableVisualStyles()
$FilePathToWatch = $PSScriptRoot
$FileNameToWatch = "MyLogFile.TXT"
$FilePathNameToWatch = Join-Path -Path $FilePathToWatch -ChildPath $FileNameToWatch
$Form_MAIN = [Form]#{
AutoSize = $false
AutoScale = $false
BackColor = '0x6699CC'
ClientSize = "1024,1000"
Location = "600,300"
MaximizeBox = $false
StartPosition = "manual"
Text = "DataCenter Operation Applications"
Topmost = $true
}
$TextBox_Output = [TextBox]#{
Anchor = 'Top, Left, Bottom, Right'
Location = '12, 12'
Multiline = $true
Name = 'TextBox_Output'
Size = "$($Form_MAIN.ClientSize.Width - 24), $($Form_MAIN.ClientSize.Height - 24)"
Text = Get-Content -Raw $FilePathNameToWatch
}
$Form_Main.Controls.Add($TextBox_Output)
Code for setting up FileSystemWatcher, ending with ShowDialog() to open the form, $watcher.Dispose() to, as mklement0 pointed out, to stop $watcher from continuing to fire after form closes.:
[IO.FileSystemWatcher]$watcher = [IO.FileSystemWatcher]#{
Path = $FilePathToWatch
NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]::LastWrite
Filter = $FileNameToWatch
SynchronizingObject = $TextBox_Output
}
$watcher.Add_Changed({
$TextBox_Output.Text = Get-Content -Raw $FilePathNameToWatch
})
$watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true
$null = $Form_Main.ShowDialog()
$watcher.Dispose()
UPDATED Version:
Walk through of changes from above code, full code listed in order in following sections:
Add function GetLogFileContent for safely reading the file, or returning an empty string when the file doesn't exist.
using namespace System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[Application]::EnableVisualStyles()
$FilePathToWatch = $PSScriptRoot
$FileNameToWatch = "MyLogFile.TXT"
$FilePathNameToWatch = Join-Path -Path $FilePathToWatch -ChildPath $FileNameToWatch
function GetLogFileContent {
param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)][string]$FilePathName )
if(Test-Path -PathType Leaf -LiteralPath $FilePathName) { Get-Content -Raw $FilePathName } else { '' }
}
Added code for Form's FormClosing event to shutdown $watcher so it no longer is firing events and properly disposed.
$Form_MAIN = [Form]#{
AutoSize = $false
AutoScale = $false
BackColor = '0x6699CC'
ClientSize = "1024,1000"
Location = "600,300"
MaximizeBox = $false
StartPosition = "manual"
Text = "DataCenter Operation Applications"
Topmost = $true
}
$Form_MAIN.Add_FormClosing({
$watcher.Dispose()
})
The TextBox Text property is assigned results of call to GetLogFileContent function.
$TextBox_Output = [TextBox]#{
Anchor = 'Top, Left, Bottom, Right'
Location = '12, 12'
Multiline = $true
Name = 'TextBox_Output'
Size = "$($Form_MAIN.ClientSize.Width - 24), $($Form_MAIN.ClientSize.Height - 24)"
Text = GetLogFileContent $FilePathNameToWatch
}
$Form_Main.Controls.Add($TextBox_Output)
$watcher's NotifyFilter property now set for checking for both FileName and LastWrite. Just a reminder, SynchronizingObject set to the TextBox so it can be updated on the same thread.
[IO.FileSystemWatcher]$watcher = [IO.FileSystemWatcher]#{
Path = $FilePathToWatch
NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]::FileName -bor [IO.NotifyFilters]::LastWrite
Filter = $FileNameToWatch
SynchronizingObject = $TextBox_Output
}
Added Deleted and Renamed events to $watcher to catch deletions and renames, and using GetLogFileContent function to populate the textbox Text property.
$watcher.Add_Changed({
$TextBox_Output.Text = GetLogFileContent $FilePathNameToWatch
})
$watcher.Add_Deleted({
$TextBox_Output.Text = ''
})
$watcher.Add_Renamed({
$TextBox_Output.Text = if($_.Name -eq $FileNameToWatch) { GetLogFileContent $FilePathNameToWatch } else { '' }
})
Watcher.Dispose() removed from end of code (taken care of in FormClosing event).
$watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true
$null = $Form_Main.ShowDialog()
Note:
This answer addresses the question as asked.
Darin's helpful answer shows an alternative approach that doesn't unconditionally, periodically re-read the log file (based on a timer), but uses an event-based file-system watcher to only update re-read the file if and when it changes.
This is more elegant and generally preferable, except if the log file is updated very frequently, in which case you'd need a throttling mechanism (which the timer-based approach implicitly provides, though one could be implemented with the file-watcher approach too).
There is no obvious problem with your approach:
The System.Windows.Forms.Timer type fires its events on the GUI thread and therefore allows modifying the form state.
While script blocks ({ ... }) that are passed as event delegates in .add_<eventName>() calls run in a child scope of the script, thanks to PowerShell's dynamic scoping you can still read the variables from the script scope.
Since WinForms is in control of the event loop when you show a form modally with .ShowDialog(), it is sufficient to assign new content to the .Lines property of your text-box control: the control should refresh automatically (and even an explicit .Refresh() call should not make the whole form refresh).
The following is a self-contained proof of concept:
A background job is started that writes the current timestamp to a given file every second.
The WinForms code uses a timer event to read that file and update its multi-line text box control with it.
using namespace System.Windows.Forms
using namespace System.Drawing
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
# Create the form.
$form = [Form] #{
Text = "Textbox Timer-Based Refresh Demo"
Size = [Size]::new(380,200)
StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
}
# Create the textbox and add it to the form.
$form.Controls.AddRange(#(
($textBox = [TextBox] #{
Location = [Point]::new(10, 10)
Size = [Size]::new(320, 90)
MultiLine = $true
})
))
# Create a timer that fires every second, and
# reads the then-current file content.
$timer = [Timer]::new()
$timer.InterVal = 1000
$timer.add_Tick({
$textBox.Lines = Get-Content -Raw $logName
})
$timer.Start()
# The log file to read.
$logName = 't.txt'
# Create a background job that updates the log file every second.
$jb = Start-Job {
while ($true) {
Get-Date > "$using:PWD/$using:logName"
Start-Sleep 1
}
}
# Show the form modally.
$null = $form.ShowDialog()
# Clean up
$timer.Dispose()
$jb | Remove-Job -Force

Powershell: Output a search from a csv to a small gui

maybe one of you experts can help a complete newbie (I don't know if what I want is even feasible).
Let's assume I have a CSV file with various data. (see csv_screenshot)csv_screenshot
I import this data via Powershell into a small GUI . How can I make it so that when I search for "Paris", I really only get the output for Paris in the GUI as a list view like this (see powershell_screenshot)
powershell_screenshot
Currently the output in the GUI looks like this (see current_result.png). How do I get it nicely formatted as a list in there. I really want to insert it like this (via Out Grid View it is no problem)
current_result.png
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
[void] [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles();
function search_csv {
$Input = $textbox_Search.text
$Input = "*$Input*"
$Input_Result = import-csv -path C:\Users\check.csv -Header "Location", "Client", "Mobile Device"
$output_TextBox.text = $Input_Result -like $Input
}
$search_csvtool = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$search_csvtool.Text = "CSV Search"
$search_csvtool.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(674,500)
$search_csvtool.FormBorderStyle ="FixedDialog"
$search_csvtool.TopMost = $true
$search_csvtool.MaximizeBox = $false
$search_csvtool.MinimizeBox = $true
$search_csvtool.ControlBox = $true
$search_csvtool.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
$search_csvtool.Font = "Courier New"
$label_Search = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$label_Search.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(195,18)
$label_Search.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(265,32)
$label_Search.TextAlign ="MiddleCenter"
$label_Search.Text = "Please enter "
$search_csvtool.Controls.Add($label_Search)
$textbox_Search = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textbox_Search.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(195,50)
$textbox_Search.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(266,37)
$search_csvtool.Controls.Add($textbox_Search)
$button_Search = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$button_Search.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(195,80)
$button_Search.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(266,24)
$button_Search.TextAlign = "MiddleCenter"
$button_Search.Text = "Search"
$button_Search.Add_Click({search_csv})
$search_csvtool.Controls.Add($button_Search)
$output_TextBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$output_TextBox.Multiline = $true;
$output_TextBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(16,130)
$output_TextBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(627,314)
$output_TextBox.ScrollBars = "Vertical"
$output_TextBox.ReadOnly = $true;
$search_csvtool.Controls.Add($output_TextBox)
$search_csvtool.Add_Shown({$search_csvtool.Activate()})
[void] $search_csvtool.ShowDialog()
Ok, so here's what I meant in my comment:
Start the code with
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()
$csvData = Import-Csv -path 'C:\Users\check.csv' -Header "Location", "Client", "Mobile Device"
function search_csv {
$searchThis = $textbox_Search.Text.Trim()
# use $script: scoping here to reference the $csvData variable
$data = $script:csvData | Where-Object {$_.Location -like "*$searchThis*"}
if ($data) {
$output_TextBox.Text = ($data | Format-List | Out-String).Trim()
}
else {
$output_TextBox.Text = "Not found.."
}
}
Then create the rest of the form as you did.
Important: Destroy the form when done with a last new code line:
$search_csvtool.Dispose()
You should then have this result:
As per your comment to empty the textbox when nothing (or just whitespace) has been entered, you could change the function to:
function search_csv {
$searchThis = $textbox_Search.Text.Trim()
# use $script: scoping here to reference the $csvData variable
$data = $script:csvData | Where-Object {$_.Location -like "*$searchThis*"}
if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($searchThis)) {
$output_TextBox.Clear()
}
elseif ($data) {
$output_TextBox.Text = ($data | Format-List | Out-String).Trim()
}
else {
$output_TextBox.Text = "Not found.."
}
}
However, as postanote already commented, it would be much better to simply disable the search button and only enable it when something other that whitespace has been entered.
To do that, you need to add an eventhandler to the textbox:
$textbox_Search = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textbox_Search.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(195,50)
$textbox_Search.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(266,37)
$textbox_Search.Add_TextChanged({
# enable the button when there is at least one non-whitespace character present
$button_Search.Enabled = $this.Text -match '\S'
# or use
# $button_Search.Enabled = (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($this.Text))
})
$search_csvtool.Controls.Add($textbox_Search)
And initialize the button to be disabled at startup:
$button_Search = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$button_Search.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(195,80)
$button_Search.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(266,24)
$button_Search.TextAlign = "MiddleCenter"
$button_Search.Text = "Search"
# initialize to Disabled; will be enabled as soon as there is text entered in the $textbox_Search
$button_Search.Enabled = $false
$button_Search.Add_Click({search_csv})
$search_csvtool.Controls.Add($button_Search)
Inside an event handler, you can refer to the object itself using automatic variable $this
You should be able to go thru your string output line by line and change this.
That stated, you probably won't like how it looks. Normalized colons will probably look better.
This code should do the trick. I'll let you be the judge of if it looks "better"
$dataLines = ($data | Format-List | Out-String).Trim() -split '(?>\r\n|\n)'
$dataText = #(
foreach ($dataLine in $dataLines) {
$dataLine -replace '\s{1,}\:', ':'
}
) -join [Environment]::Newline
$output_TextBox.Text = $dataText

PowerShell GUI - Move Item (Line) from One Textbox to another

I hope someone can help me understand what I am doing wrong.
The script works, if I enter multiple computers or multiple lines, but if I only enter 1 line (1 value). Lets say: Computer 201... the result will be 1
I have disabled the PING feature for now until I can figure out why it does not work with 1 line.
I added the whole code so you can test it yourself.
Thank you
# Load required assemblies
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
# Drawing form and controls
$Harvester = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$Harvester.Text = "Ping Computers"
$Harvester.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(490,300)
$Harvester.FormBorderStyle = "FixedDialog"
$Harvester.TopMost = $true
$Harvester.MaximizeBox = $false
$Harvester.MinimizeBox = $false
$Harvester.ControlBox = $true
$Harvester.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
$Harvester.Font = "Segoe UI"
#======================== INPUTBOX - Computers ========================#
$label_message2 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$label_message2.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(20,10)
$label_message2.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(100,15)
$label_message2.Text = "Computers"
$Harvester.Controls.Add($label_message2)
# Inputbox
$Inputbox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$Inputbox.Multiline = $True;
$Inputbox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(20,30)
$Inputbox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(200,150)
$Inputbox.ScrollBars = "Vertical"
$Harvester.Controls.Add($Inputbox)
#======================== INPUTBOX - Completed ========================#
$label_message_success = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$label_message_success.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(250,10)
$label_message_success.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(100,15)
$label_message_success.Text = "Successful"
$Harvester.Controls.Add($label_message_success)
# Inputbox
$Inputbox_success = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$Inputbox_success.Multiline = $True;
$Inputbox_success.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(250,30)
$Inputbox_success.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(200,150)
$Inputbox_success.ScrollBars = "Vertical"
$Harvester.Controls.Add($Inputbox_success)
#======================== Ping ========================#
$button_Ping = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$button_Ping.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(120,200)
$button_Ping.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(80,32)
$button_Ping.TextAlign = "MiddleCenter"
$button_Ping.Text = "Ping"
$button_Ping.Add_Click({
If ($Inputbox.TextLength -eq 0){
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show('Please enter at 1 computer to perform this action')
Return
}
[collections.arraylist] $ref = #(($Inputbox.Text -split '\r?\n').Trim() -ne '')
if(-not $ref) { return } # if the textbox is empty, don't do anything
$i = 0
1..$ref.Count | ForEach-Object {
#if(Test-Connection $ref[$i] -Quiet) {
$Inputbox_success.Text += $ref[$i] + [environment]::NewLine
$ref.RemoveAt($i)
#}
$Inputbox.Text = $ref | Out-String
$Inputbox, $Inputbox_success | ForEach-Object Refresh
}
})
$Harvester.Controls.Add($button_Ping)
# show form
$Harvester.Add_Shown({$Harvester.Activate()})
[void] $Harvester.ShowDialog()
On a single object you get a value of 1 because of this line:
[collections.arraylist] $ref = #(($Inputbox.Text -split '\r?\n').Trim() -ne '')
More specifically because when a string is evaluated against -ne '' it will return $true or $false, but when you pass an array to that it will instead output all results where that evaluated as true. The way to fix this is to force it to be an array every time. That can be done like this:
[collections.arraylist] $ref = [string[]]($Inputbox.Text -split '\r?\n') -ne ''
That fixes that, but it still leaves other issues, or, at least one other issue I see. You set $i to 0, then loop through things starting at 1, but always reference $i, which will always evaluate to 0, and effectively manipulate item 0 in the $ref array for each thing you evaluate against. So if your If statement succeeds on 3 out of 6 things it will always move the first 3 things over, regardless of what succeeds. To resolve that I changed your code as little as I could, but ended up with this:
0..($ref.Count -1) | ForEach-Object {
# if(Test-Connection $ref[$i] -Quiet) {
if($ref[$_][-1]%2){
$Inputbox_success.Text += $ref[$_] + [environment]::NewLine
}
}
$Inputbox.Text = $ref |Where{$Inputbox_success.Text -notmatch ([regex]::Escape($_))}| Out-String
$Inputbox, $Inputbox_success | ForEach-Object Refresh
So rather than remove things from the array, I rather copy the successes to the $Inputbox_success box, and then rebuild $Inputbox based on the items that are not present in $Inputbox_success at the end. Now, I just set $Inputbox.text to be this:
$Inputbox.Text = #'
Computer201
Computer202
Computer203
Computer204
Computer206
Computer207
'#
And evaluated which name ended in an odd number, but you can comment out my If statement, and re-implement your own to make it actually ping things and go off that.

Variable is an empty string even after writing the string to host

I'm trying to build a little app to help admins swap powerapps ownership around in PowerShell. I'm sure this is me misunderstanding how scopes work in PowerShell but I'm stumped and need a little help.
The app is pretty simple, it queries the PowerApp environment for a list of apps, their owners, and their GUIDs and presents them in a datagridview. Users select the app they're going to change, click a button, put an email address in, and then click another button. On that click, the app grabs the user's GUID from AAD and then runs a command to flip ownership of the app to that user's GUID.
But for some reason, the second function keeps reporting that the GUID and App Name I collected in the first screen are empty strings.
Here's the whole thing (minus credential info, natch):
#Get Apps on environment
$apps = Get-AdminPowerApp -EnvironmentName $powerAppEnv
#Form Details
$ChangePowerAppOwnership = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form
$ChangePowerAppOwnership.ClientSize = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(500,300)
$ChangePowerAppOwnership.text = "Change PowerApp Ownership"
$ChangePowerAppOwnership.TopMost = $false
$appsLabel = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label
$appsLabel.text = "Available Apps"
$appsLabel.AutoSize = $true
$appsLabel.width = 25
$appsLabel.height = 10
$appsLabel.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(15,20)
$appsLabel.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Segoe UI',10)
$availableApps = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
$availableApps.width = 470
$availableApps.height = 200
$availableApps.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(15,40)
$availableApps.MultiSelect = $false
$availableApps.SelectionMode = "FullRowSelect"
$availableApps.ColumnCount = 3
$availableApps.ColumnHeadersVisible = $true
$availableApps.Columns[0].Name = "App Name"
$availableApps.Columns[1].Name = "Current Owner"
$availableApps.Columns[2].Name = "GUID"
foreach($app in $apps){
$availableApps.Rows.Add(#($app.DisplayName,($app.Owner | Select-Object -Expand displayName),$app.AppName))
}
$promptForAdmin = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button
$promptForAdmin.text = "Next"
$promptForAdmin.width = 60
$promptForAdmin.height = 30
$promptForAdmin.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(424,260)
$promptForAdmin.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Segoe UI',10)
$promptForAdmin.Add_Click({ GetNewAdmin $availableApps.SelectedRows})
$adminLabel = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label
$adminLabel.text = "New Administrator"
$adminLabel.AutoSize = $true
$adminLabel.width = 25
$adminLabel.height = 10
$adminLabel.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(14,13)
$adminLabel.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Segoe UI',10)
$adminEmailField = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$adminEmailField.multiline = $false
$adminEmailField.width = 200
$adminEmailField.height = 20
$adminEmailField.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(135,12)
$adminEmailField.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Segoe UI',10)
$changeAppAdmin = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button
$changeAppAdmin.text = "Go"
$changeAppAdmin.width = 60
$changeAppAdmin.height = 30
$changeAppAdmin.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(424,260)
$changeAppAdmin.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Segoe UI',10)
$ChangePowerAppOwnership.controls.AddRange(#($appsLabel,$availableApps,$promptForAdmin))
$ChangePowerAppOwnership.ShowDialog()
function GetNewAdmin {
param($selectedRows)
$selectedAppGuid = $selectedRows | ForEach-Object{ $_.Cells[2].Value }
$selectedAppName = $selectedRows | ForEach-Object{ $_.Cells[0].Value }
Write-Host "Selected App GUID: $selectedAppGuid" #this and the following command show values
Write-Host "Selected App Name: $selectedAppName"
$appsLabel.Visible = $false
$availableApps.Visible = $false
$promptForAdmin.Visible = $false
$changeAppAdmin.Add_Click( { AssignNewAdmin $selectedAppGuid $selectedAppName $adminEmailField.Text} )
$ChangePowerAppOwnership.controls.AddRange(#($adminLabel,$adminEmailField,$changeAppAdmin))
}
function AssignNewAdmin {
param(
$selectedAppGuid,
$selectedAppName,
$newAdminEmail
)
Write-Host "AppID: $selectedAppGuid" #this is always empty
Connect-AzureAD -Credential $credentials
$user = Get-AzureADUser -ObjectId $newAdminEmail
$newAppOwnerGuid = $user | select ObjectId
$newAppOwnerName = $user | select DisplayName
$msgBoxMessage = "Are you sure you want to grant ownership of $selectedAppName to $newAppOwnerName`?"
$msgBoxInput = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show($msgBoxMessage,"Confirm","YesNo","Error")
switch ($msgBoxInput){
'Yes'{
Set-AdminPowerAppOwner -AppName $selectedAppGuid -EnvironmentName $powerAppEnv -AppOwner $newAppOwnerGuid
# try{
# $ChangePowerAppOwnership.Close()
# }
# catch{
# Write-Host "Could not update this app's administrator role."
# }
}
'No' {
$ChangePowerAppOwnership.Close()
}
}
}
Move the functions to the top or at least higher than $ChangePowerAppOwnership.ShowDialog() or the script wont find them(the execution stops till you close the Form...).
The same goes for the function AssignNewAdmin as it is used in GetNewAdmin but defined later.
Courtesy of Jeroen Mostert's comment, adding GetNewClosure to my second Add_Click function did the trick.

Populating a datagridview

I ma working on a form that will search all connected drives for PST files.
I can get it working with the following command:-
Get-PSDrive -PSProvider "filesystem"|%{get-childitem $_.root -include *.pst -r}|select name, directoryname, #{name="Size (GB)";expression ={"{0:N2}" -f ($_.length/1GB)}}
The only problem is it takes about 45 minutes to run through all the drives and finish the search. I was thinking of trying to speed it up by using the windows search index.
I have got this....
function Searchindex{
$query="SELECT System.ItemName, system.ItemPathDisplay, System.ItemTypeText, System.Size FROM SystemIndex where system.itemtypetext = 'outlook data file'"
$objConnection = New-Object -ComObject adodb.connection
$objrecordset = New-Object -ComObject adodb.recordset
$objconnection.open("Provider=Search.CollatorDSO;Extended Properties='Application=Windows';")
$objrecordset.open($query, $objConnection)
$array=#()
Try { $objrecordset.MoveFirst() }
Catch [system.exception] { "no records returned" }
do
{
Write-host ($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.ItemName")).value `
($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.ItemPathDisplay")).value `
($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.ITemTypeText")).value `
($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.Size")).value
if(-not($objrecordset.EOF)) {$objrecordset.MoveNext()}
} Until ($objrecordset.EOF)
$objrecordset.Close()
$objConnection.Close()
$objrecordset = $null
$objConnection = $null
[gc]::collect()
}
this outputs the details to the screen in a few seconds which is perfect but I can't work out how to display it in a datagrid view.
I am using primal form to create the forms.
Once the data is populated in the datagridview I want to be able to select records and copy them to a new location
Can anyone help?
TIA
Andy
I'm not familiar with DataGridView but I feel if you had an object you would be better capable to manipulate it.
function Searchindex{
$query="SELECT System.ItemName, system.ItemPathDisplay, System.ItemTypeText, System.Size FROM SystemIndex where system.itemtypetext = 'outlook data file'"
$objConnection = New-Object -ComObject adodb.connection
$objrecordset = New-Object -ComObject adodb.recordset
$objconnection.open("Provider=Search.CollatorDSO;Extended Properties='Application=Windows';")
$objrecordset.open($query, $objConnection)
$array=#()
Try { $objrecordset.MoveFirst() }
Catch [system.exception] { "no records returned" }
do
{
$array += [pscustomobject]#{
Name = ($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.ItemName")).value
Path = ($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.ItemPathDisplay")).value
TypeText = ($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.ITemTypeText")).value
Size = ($objrecordset.Fields.Item("System.Size")).value
}
If(-not($objrecordset.EOF)) {$objrecordset.MoveNext()}
} Until ($objrecordset.EOF)
$objrecordset.Close()
$objConnection.Close()
$objrecordset = $null
$objConnection = $null
[gc]::collect()
$array
}
This will send out a custom PowerShell object array. You already had the variable $array initialized. We just needed to populate it.
Then you could use something like this to filter out the files you are looking for.
Searchindex | Out-GridView -PassThru
After hitting Ok it will only output the records selected.
DataGridView
with multiselect and return
$global:results = #()
#...searchindex function is here ....
$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(900,600)
$dataGridView = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
$dataGridView.Size=New-Object System.Drawing.Size(800,400)
$dataGridView.SelectionMode = 'FullRowSelect'
$dataGridView.MultiSelect = $true
$go = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$go.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,450)
$go.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$go.text = "Select"
$form.Controls.Add($go)
$form.Controls.Add($dataGridView)
$arraylist = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$arraylist.AddRange((Searchindex))
$dataGridView.DataSource = $arraylist
$dataGridView.Columns[0].width = 240
$go.Add_Click(
{
$dataGridView.SelectedRows| ForEach-Object{
$global:results += [pscustomobject]#{
Name = $dataGridView.Rows[$_.Index].Cells[0].Value
Path = $dataGridView.Rows[$_.Index].Cells[1].Value
TypeText = $dataGridView.Rows[$_.Index].Cells[2].Value
Size = $dataGridView.Rows[$_.Index].Cells[3].Value
}
$form.Close()
}
})
$form.ShowDialog()
$global:results
There is a lot to cover here but look at the examples and let me know how this works for you. It will return all selected rows back as objects in the global variable $global:results. It needs to be global as output does not persist outside the $go.Add_Click. The searchindex function is there but omitted in the second code sample to save space.