Private/Show-SaveFileDialog.ps1
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function Show-SaveFileDialog { <# .SYNOPSIS Shows a visual dialog, prompting the user to pick a path where to write a file to. .DESCRIPTION Shows a visual dialog, prompting the user to pick a path where to write a file to. .PARAMETER InitialDirectory Initial folder from which the user may navigate to wherever. .PARAMETER Filter Filter string to constrain user option on what filetype to save as. E.g.: "Json Files (*.json)|*.json" .PARAMETER Filename Default filename, which is offered to the user. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Show-SaveFileDialog Opens a "Save file" dialog in the current path. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Show-SaveFileDialog -InitialDirectory $HOME -Filter 'CSV Files (*.csv)|*.csv' -FileName report.csv Opens a "Save file" dialog in the user profile, filtering for CSV files with "report.csv" as the default filename. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [string] $InitialDirectory = '.', [string] $Filter = '*.*', $Filename ) Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms -ErrorAction Ignore $saveFileDialog = [Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog]::new() $saveFileDialog.FileName = $Filename $saveFileDialog.InitialDirectory = Resolve-Path -Path $InitialDirectory $saveFileDialog.Title = "Save File to Disk" $saveFileDialog.Filter = $Filter $saveFileDialog.ShowHelp = $True $result = $saveFileDialog.ShowDialog() if ($result -eq "OK") { $saveFileDialog.FileName } } |