Script to let the users make a couple of choices, creating the actual command they need to run.
What is a simple way to allow an end user to make a couple of choices to create the command they need to run?
There is 5 server/paths that need to be listed and 5 different files to open, per server/path.
the paths are like this:
\\server1\share\folder\fil
\\server2\share\folder\fil
\\server3\share\folder\fil
\\server4\share\folder\fil
\\server4\share\folder-2\f
file.day is .mon .tue. wed .thu or .fri
I'd like the user to be able to choose the server\path, then the day,
Something like "Please choose 1. 2. etc, with each server/path listed, total of 5 choices.
Then choose what day it is, 1. monday 2. tuesday, etc.
Creating the command to run, which is (EX: for server1 on tuesday:)
get-filetail -path \\server\share\folder\fold
thanks!
There is 5 server/paths that need to be listed and 5 different files to open, per server/path.
the paths are like this:
\\server1\share\folder\fil
\\server2\share\folder\fil
\\server3\share\folder\fil
\\server4\share\folder\fil
\\server4\share\folder-2\f
file.day is .mon .tue. wed .thu or .fri
I'd like the user to be able to choose the server\path, then the day,
Something like "Please choose 1. 2. etc, with each server/path listed, total of 5 choices.
Then choose what day it is, 1. monday 2. tuesday, etc.
Creating the command to run, which is (EX: for server1 on tuesday:)
get-filetail -path \\server\share\folder\fold
thanks!
Transport Ninja
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How about something like this:
$server = @(
'\\server1'
'\\server2'
'\\server3'
'\\server4'
'\\server5'
) | Out-GridView -PassThru
$share = @(
'\share\folder1'
'\share\folder2'
'\share\folder3'
'\share\folder4'
'\share\folder5'
) | Out-GridView -PassThru
$file = @(
'\file.mon'
'\file.tues'
'\file.wed'
'\file.thurs'
'\file.fri'
) | Out-GridView -PassThru
$result = $server + $share + $file
Get-FileTail -Path $result -Count 1 -Wait
Thankyou, I'll try that, I was about to pst what I was starting to come up with, I found a menu function but wasn't getting very far with it.
function Show-Menu
{
param (
[string]$Title = 'Menu1'
)
cls
Write-Host "================ Server-Path ================"
Write-Host "1: Press '1' for Server1."
Write-Host "2: Press '2' for this option."
Write-Host "3: Press '3' for this option."
Write-Host "4: Press '4' for this option."
Write-Host "5: Press '5' for this option."
Write-Host "Q: Press 'Q' to quit."
}
do
{
Show-Menu
$input = Read-Host "Please make a selection"
switch ($input)
{
'1' {'server1'
} '2' {
'You chose option #2'
} '3' {
'You chose option #3'
} '4' {
'You chose option #4'
}
'q' {test
return
}
}
pause
}
until ($input -eq 'q')
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Yea that Out-GridView -PassThru is just as good as a Windows Form. Try it out.
Do I need to run this some way other than to copy your code into a ps1 file and run that file from within powershell?
When I do, nothing 'prompts' or 'pops up'.
When I do, nothing 'prompts' or 'pops up'.
Transport Ninja
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You can determine the PowerShell version by running this: $PSVersionTable.psversion