Powershell Contest... I really want that trip!

I'm just thinking of some ideas to submit for a script for the contest. I
came up with this so far. You MVPs out there, what would you like to see
added / changed to impress the judges? (besides error handling)... I've been
using PS for about 2 weeks now, so it is a learning curve but any new
challenge is a learning experience. thanks for the help.


[reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname("system.windows.forms");
[reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname("system.eventargs");
[reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname("system.drawing");


$opt_handler = { $filter_ = "Name = '" + $lv.Text + "'"; (get-wmiObject
win32_service -filter $filter_).changestartmode($this.text)};
$button_handler = {$svc = Get-Service $lv.Text; $rc = $svc.start() ;
write-host $rc; bld_ };
$button2_handler = {$svc = Get-Service $lv.Text; $rc = $svc.stop() ;
write-host $rc; bld_ };
$listview_handler = { if ($_.isselected -eq 1) {$lv =
$this.items[$_.itemindex]; gci $hklm_ | ?{ $_.pschildname -eq $lv.text } |
%{ $textbox.Text = (StartType((gp $_.pspath).start)) } } };
function BuildListView() { foreach( $lv in $listview.Items ) {
$listview.Items.Remove($lv) } ; get-wmiobject win32_service |
%{$lv=$listview.items.add($_.name); $lv.subitems.add($_.state) } ;};
function StartType ($start)
{
switch ($start) {
0 {$opt0.checked = 1; return "Boot"; Continue }
1 {$opt1.checked = 1; return "System"; Continue }
2 {$opt2.checked = 1; return "Automatic"; Continue }
3 {$opt3.checked = 1; return "Manual"; Continue }
4 {$opt4.checked = 1; return "Disabled"; Continue }
"" {return "Unknown";Continue}
}
}
[string]$hklm_ = "hklm:\system\currentcontrolset\services\"
[int]$rc = 0;
Set-Alias bld_ BuildListView

$window = New-Object windows.forms.form; $window.Size = New-Object
system.drawing.size @(220,600); $window.Text = "Windows Services";
$window.FormBorderStyle = "FixedDialog"; $window.MaximizeBox= 0;
$button = new-Object windows.Forms.Button;$button.Text = "Start";
$button2 = new-Object windows.Forms.Button;$button2.Text =
"Stop";$button2.Left = 80;
$button3 = New-Object windows.forms.button;$button3.text = "refresh";
$button3.left = 160; $button3.width = 50;
$listview = New-Object windows.forms.listview;$listview.Top =
25;$listview.Height = 400;$listview.width = 210;$listview.view="Details";
$listview.MultiSelect=0;$listview.FullRowSelect =
1;$listview.Columns.Add("Name",125);$listview.Columns.Add("Status",60);
$listview.hideselection = 0;
$lvi = New-Object windows.forms.listviewitem;
$opt0 = New-Object windows.forms.radiobutton; $opt0.location = "25,450";
$opt0.text = (starttype(0)); $opt0.checked = 0;
$opt1 = New-Object windows.forms.radiobutton; $opt1.location = "25,475";
$opt1.text = (starttype(1)); $opt1.checked = 0;
$opt2 = New-Object windows.forms.radiobutton; $opt2.location = "25,500";
$opt2.text = (starttype(2)); $opt2.checked = 0;
$opt3 = New-Object windows.forms.radiobutton; $opt3.location = "25,525";
$opt3.text = (starttype(3)); $opt3.checked = 0;
$opt4 = New-Object windows.forms.radiobutton; $opt4.location = "25,550";
$opt4.text = (starttype(4)); $opt4.checked = 0;
$label = New-Object windows.forms.label; $label.text = "Service Startup Mode
: " ; $label.location = "15,435"; $label.width = 150; $label.height = 15;

$button.add_click($button_handler);
$button2.add_click($button2_handler);
$button3.add_click($function:BuildListView);
$listview.add_ItemSelectionChanged($listview_handler);
$window.add_load($function:BuildListView);
$opt0.add_click($opt_handler);
$opt1.add_click($opt_handler);
$opt2.add_click($opt_handler);
$opt3.add_click($opt_handler);
$opt4.add_click($opt_handler);

$window.controls.add($listview);
$window.Controls.Add($button);
$window.Controls.Add($button2);
$window.Controls.Add($button3);
$window.controls.Add($label);
$window.Controls.Add($opt0);
$window.Controls.Add($opt1);
$window.Controls.Add($opt2);
$window.Controls.Add($opt3);
$window.Controls.Add($opt4);

$window.ShowDialog();

Hi,

I could be wrong but I read the info,
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...t/default.mspx,
as meaning that any non-trivial script would count as an entry. I
don't think they are looking for 1 (or 12) super-duper "best in
category" scripts.

Andrew Watt MVP

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:42:02 -0800, fixitchris
<fixitchris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm just thinking of some ideas to submit for a script for the contest. I
>came up with this so far. You MVPs out there, what would you like to see
>added / changed to impress the judges? (besides error handling)... I've been
>using PS for about 2 weeks now, so it is a learning curve but any new
>challenge is a learning experience. thanks for the help.

You're right. I guess i'm just trying to challenge myself so that powershell
and .NET framework becomes second nature to me.

Andrew Watt [MVP] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I could be wrong but I read the info,
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...t/default.mspx,
> as meaning that any non-trivial script would count as an entry. I
> don't think they are looking for 1 (or 12) super-duper "best in
> category" scripts.
>
> Andrew Watt MVP
Yeah, kinda sucks that it's not merit-based, but I guess you can't
complain too much. :-)

> I'm just thinking of some ideas to submit for a script for the contest. I

Has anyone tried to make a submission? I don't know if the system accepts
it. After submitting, it seems to redirect to an error page.

I haven't retried today...

Marco

I get an error subtmitting as well....

> Has anyone tried to make a submission? I don't know if the system accepts
> it. After submitting, it seems to redirect to an error page.

Still not working today it seems.

Marco

I've been getting the error page for two days now

"fixitchris" wrote:

> I get an error subtmitting as well....

Hey, guys. I apologize for the inconvenience; unfortunately, Microsoft.com
has been experiencing some technical problems that seem to have broken the
contest submission tool. However, all is not lost: you can still enter the
contest simply by emailing your submission to scripter@microsoft.com. Do
that, and I'll make sure everything gets taken care of.

Thanks and, again, I apoogize for the inconvenience.

Greg Stemp
Microsoft Scripting Guy

"Marco Shaw" wrote:

> > Has anyone tried to make a submission? I don't know if the system accepts
> > it. After submitting, it seems to redirect to an error page.
>
> Still not working today it seems.
>
> Marco
>
>
>