public/Get-InferredControl.ps1
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<# .SYNOPSIS Create a control whose type is inferred by the input .DESCRIPTION If the input is already a WPF object (DependencyObject), Get-InferredControl will output it unaltered. If the input is a hashtable, the output will be a combobox control named after the first key, with the corresponding values as items. If the input is a string ending in Date, the output will be a DatePicker Otherwise, the output will be a textbox. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> & {'hello';'world'} | Get-InferredControl # ouptuts two textboxes with names of hello and world .INPUTS Get-InferredControl accepts objects on the pipeline. .OUTPUTS Various #> function Get-InferredControl { [Cmdletbinding()] Param( #The item to infer a control from [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $True)]$Item) process { write-verbose "Inferring control for $item" if ($item -is [System.Windows.DependencyObject]) { return $item } if($item -is [Hashtable]){ [string]$controlName=$item.Keys[0] $controlContents=$item[$controlName] Combobox -name $item.Keys[0] -Contents $controlContents } elseif($item.Endswith('Date')){ DatePicker -name $Item } else{ TextBox -Name $item } } } |