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tsmith92765
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Jan 18, 2023
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MessageBox not able to click "X" on the msgbox and cancel the script from continuing.

Hello PS Community!  I have a message box that works perfectly fine, but I want to adjust my code to be able to cancel the script upon clicking the big red "X" on the message box that pops up.   I ...
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  • Vinod_5's avatar
    Vinod_5
    Jan 21, 2023
    Hi tsmith92765,
    Good day!
    It is not possible to rename fields supported by MessageBoxButton. It has fields OK, OKCancel, YesNo, YesNoCancel. You can make use of OKCancel. Although you can create your requirement easily with new form.
    Please refer fields section of the url article below.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.messageboxbutton?view=netframework-4.8
    Thank you.
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Vinod_5
Copper Contributor
Jan 21, 2023
Hi tsmith92765,
Good day!
It is not possible to rename fields supported by MessageBoxButton. It has fields OK, OKCancel, YesNo, YesNoCancel. You can make use of OKCancel. Although you can create your requirement easily with new form.
Please refer fields section of the url article below.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.messageboxbutton?view=netframework-4.8
Thank you.
  • tsmith92765's avatar
    tsmith92765
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 23, 2023

    Hey Vinod_5,

     

    I tried your suggestion and it worked! I added a Cancel button, then a Switch Case for when Cancel is hit it'll exit the script running, and from the link I noticed the "X" will call to MessageBoxShow.Cancel value. Making the "X" the same as hitting Cancel.

     

    Thank you for the advice!

     

    $MsgBox = {

        Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
        $ButtonType = [System.Windows.MessageBoxButton]::OkCancel
        $MesssageIcon = [System.Windows.MessageBoxImage]::Warning
        $MessageBody = "Please save anything open in your current Web Browser, this includes Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla FireFox and close each one respectively.
        We will be deleting your cache and cookies.

        -IT"
        $MessageTitle = "Read Me"
        $Result = [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($MessageBody, $MessageTitle,$ButtonType,$MesssageIcon)

        $Result

        Switch ($Result){
            'Ok' {
                Continue
            }
            'Cancel' {
                Exit
            }
        }

    }

    # Invoke MsgBox as CurrentUser. #
    invoke-command -scriptblock $MsgBox

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