Generating a UI from a function

With the PowerShell Pro Tools VS Code extension, you can convert a PowerShell function into a Windows Form app without using the form designer at all. To this, you'll want to start with a PS1 file with a single function defined within it.

function New-User {
    param([String]$UserName, [Switch]$Enabled, [ValidateSet("Administrator", "IT", "HR")]$Department)
}

In VS Code, open the PS1 file you'd like to make a UI out of. Then open the command palette with Ctrl+Shift+P and search for PowerShell: Generate Windows Form.

Once you select that, two new files will be created. One will include form.ps1 and another will include form.designer.ps1.

If you execute the form.ps1 file, your UI will be shown.

Auto-generated UI