Chapters/basic-controllers-scripts-and-menus/choicemenu.ps1
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#this will give you a graphical menu in the PowerShell ISE. Function Invoke-Choice { [CmdletBinding()] Param() #a nested function to prompt for the computername Function promptComputer { [CmdletBinding()] Param() $Computername = Read-Host "Enter a computername or press Enter to use the localhost" if ($Computername -notmatch "\w+") { $computername = $env:COMPUTERNAME } #write the result to the pipeline $Computername } #promptComputer #initialize a collection $coll = @() $a = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("Running &Services") $a.HelpMessage = "Get Running Services" #customize the object and add some PowerShell code to run $a | Add-Member -MemberType ScriptMethod -Name Invoke -Value { $computer = promptComputer Get-Service -ComputerName $computer | Where-Object {$_.status -eq "running"} } -force #add the item to the collection $coll+=$a $b = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("Top &Processes") $b.HelpMessage = "Get top processes sorted by workingset" $b | Add-Member -MemberType ScriptMethod -Name Invoke -Value { $computer = promptComputer Get-Process -ComputerName $computer | Sort-Object -property WS -Descending | Select-Object -first 10} -force $coll+=$b $c = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&Disk Status") $c.HelpMessage = "Get fixed disk information" $c | Add-Member -MemberType ScriptMethod -Name Invoke -Value { $params = @{ ClassName = "win32_logicaldisk" ComputerName = promptComputer Filter = "drivetype=3" } Get-Ciminstance @params } -force $coll+=$c $q = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&Quit") $q.HelpMessage = "Quit and exit" $coll+=$q #loop through and keep displaying the menu until the user quits $running = $true do { $r = $host.ui.PromptForChoice("Help Desk Menu","Select a task:",$coll,3) if ($r -lt $coll.count-1) { #call the custom method on the selected object $coll[$r].invoke() | Out-Host } else { #quit and bail out Write-Host "Have a nice day." -ForegroundColor Green $running = $False } } while ($running) } |