display a pdf in powerhsell

jonbrock · 2016-06-07T09:08:21.000Z

# LOAD WINDOWS FORMS
# Load the Winforms assembly
[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName( "System.Windows.Forms")

# CREATE FORM
$form = New-Object Windows.Forms.Form

#SET FORM TITLE
$form.text = "System Admin tools"

# LABEL
# Create the label control and set text, size and location
$label = New-Object Windows.Forms.Label
$label.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point 50,30
$label.Size = New-Object Drawing.Point 250,30 
$label.text = "Enter your name and click the button"

# TEXTBOX
# Create TextBox and set text, size and location
$textfield = New-Object Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textfield.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point 50,60
$textfield.Size = New-Object Drawing.Point 210,15 

# BUTTON 
# Create Button and set text and location
$button = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button
$button.text = "Name"
$button.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point 100,100

# INPUT HANDLER BUTTON – ON CLICK IN THIS CASE
# Set up event handler to exit
$button.add_click({
$label.Text = "Hello " + $textfield.text
})

# CANCEL BUTTON 
# Create Button and set text and location
$button2 = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button
$button2.text = "Cancel"
$button2.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point 100,130

# INPUT HANDLER CANCEL BUTTON – CLOSE APP
# close button – on click close app
$button2.add_click({
$form.Close()
})

# ADD CONTROLS TO FORM
$form.controls.add($button)
$form.controls.add($button2)
$form.controls.add($label)
$form.controls.add($textfield)

# DISPLAY DIALOG
$form.ShowDialog()

so hi all thanks for reading, what i am trying to achieve.

I have designed a splash.hta form that displays every 90 days when a user is required to change passwords, with a pdf for users to read. The pdf basically says you agree to the security and is also displayed every 90 days or if they log onto a new system as part of the change password process (it must display every 90 days to keep users current multiple systems in airgapped enviroment) but I cant get it to out put a signature box (name box) to say they accept. If the click cancel the box returns the user to the log in screen which is correct, if they accept it just carries on and the user logs in.

So I am trying to figure out the best way to prove that a user has accepted the rules

Now can i use powerhsell (winforms)instead of the splash.hta to display a scrollable window displaying the pdf and acknowledge that the user has read the pdf by them having to put in their name in a box (I got the idea from a basic winfoms box) and hit either an accept or deny button (deny goes back to cntrl alt del) and have the form write an out put to a location ideally the dc as a csv or txt. using the write-output option to a server location

any help advice would be greatly appreciated

basic code that gave me the ideas

Thanks for reading

britv8 · 2016-06-07T09:20:45.000Z

Hi

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edwineekelaers2 · 2016-06-07T09:48:25.000Z

You forgot to use the code button </>

jonbrock · 2016-06-07T09:53:35.000Z

for some reason god knows why or what the code button never shows in the works browser, following the didn’t want to sayn00b thing I didn’t no idea why its fine at home just not here

right used my tablet , also forgot to mention we only use powershell 2 but main thing is should I go for the hta or use a powershell style splash

jonbrock · 2016-06-14T05:16:15.000Z

Although I love the lack of comments and those who do comment don’t really offer advice this is still out there

psophos · 2016-06-14T06:06:58.000Z

The pdf basically says you agree to the security and is also displayed every 90 days or if they log onto a new system as part of the change password process (it must display every 90 days to keep users current multiple systems in airgapped enviroment)

So I am trying to figure out the best way to prove that a user has accepted the rules

Why bother?
The standard in most companies is to have an “Acceptable Usage Policy”, or similar, that the user reads, agrees to, and signs as a condition of employment. Which they sign at the beginning. Perhaps it needs revision from time to time but that should be rare.
The login screen usually displays a warning relating to authorised logon and acceptance of the AUP.

martin9700 · 2016-06-14T10:23:22.000Z

jonbrock:

right used my tablet , also forgot to mention we only use powershell 2 but main thing is should I go for the hta or use a powershell style splash

PowerShell can definitely do a GUI and you could probably imbed the PDF in there (I don’t work much with GUI’s so I’m afraid I can’t help much).

File under the unwanted comments section: I don’t know if you’ve discussed this with your HR manager but this seems really excessive. Let’s be brutally honest and say that most employee’s (and by most I mean all) will never read this and just click through it to get back to work. Someone else mentioned an “Acceptable Use Policy” and this is really the road to pursue. HR requires a policy that must be signed as a term of employment. Changes to the terms would then be redistributed and resigned as necessary but the key point is THEY handle it.

Cross file this under “This is a management problem, not a technical one”

jonbrock · 2016-06-27T09:44:39.000Z

Hi Thanks for the replies, the agreement is because the users will swap from different isolated networks and so to ensure the user is current on that system they came up with a 90 day script, the reason they bother is because its there company and they can, .

And I appreciate the comment about the log on message screen I pointed this out, but they want to ensure that they read the splash screen and accept by logging on (again same principle)

mine is not to argue why

the technical issue is can I display it as I haven’t figured a way on how to display a pdf in a PowerShell form which would then make my next process a little easier

thanks