can someone please check the code it does not work

noahscherrer · 2021-11-05T11:45:12.000Z

I want to save the selected files in the selected folder. If no file was selected, the message “No Software was selected” should appear.

Thank you for your answers

$handler_submitlocalinstallation_Click= 
	{
	write-host "Initialization... Form closed. " -ForegroundColor Yellow
	$window3.Close()
	
	Copy-Item $openFileDialog1 -recurse $SelectFolder
	if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($openFileDialog1)) {
	   Write-Host "No Software was selected" -ForegroundColor Red
		}
		else{
	   Write-Output "preparing installation $openFileDialog2 "
	   Start-Process -Wait -FilePath  $OpenFileDialog1 -ArgumentList "/S" -PassThru
	   }
	
	   copy-Item $openFileDialog2 -recurse $SelectFolder
	   if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($openFileDialog2)) {
	   Write-Host "No Driver was selected" -ForegroundColor Red
	   }
		else{
	   Write-Output "preparing installation $openFileDialog1"
	   Start-Process -Wait -FilePath "$OpenFileDialog2" -ArgumentList "/S" -PassThru
	   }
	}

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kencarter · 2021-11-05T12:46:02.000Z

Can you be more specific about “it does not work”? What exactly happens when you run it?

noahscherrer · 2021-11-05T13:00:13.000Z

the following error message appears “Copy-Item : The drive was not found. A drive with the name “System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog” does not exist.”

kencarter · 2021-11-05T15:57:41.000Z

My initial action would be to print the values of the variables you are using. One of your variables is not set to a value appropriate for the command you are issuing.

ethanlekki · 2021-11-05T16:21:51.000Z

Hello Noah!

Your problem is that you are trying to copy the OpenFileDialog that you presumably created earlier in your code. If you want to copy the file you selected in your file dialog, you will want to select that property of the System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog class, which should be done like so:

Copy-Item $openFileDialog1.FileName -recurse $SelectFolder

In the future when you’re working with the .NET Framework, I recommend reading the MS docs about how to use their framework. It is quite well documented, with examples (mostly in C#, but the important part isn’t the syntax, it’s how they’re using the framework objects). I have linked the page for the particular class you seem to be having trouble with.

learn.microsoft.com

OpenFileDialog Class (System.Windows.Forms)

Displays a standard dialog box that prompts the user to open a file. This class cannot be inherited.

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noahscherrer · 2021-11-05T17:09:25.000Z

Thank you very much for the nice answer that really helped me. I wish you still a nice day !

noahscherrer · 2021-11-05T17:19:12.000Z

still a small question and true everything works also with the installation but still occurs the following error message:

Start-Process : This command cannot be executed completely because the system cannot find all the required information.
In C:\Users\noah\OneDrive\Desktop\TBZ\M122\Powershell project 2\Code\GUI Complete\Installer_Noah-Scherrer.ps1:688 characters:5

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $OpenFileDialog1 -ArgumentList …
CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: ( [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

Thanks a lot for your efforts.