PowerShell is console based, so its default menus are console based as well. To offer choices to your users, here is some sample code to create a simple menu:
$title = "Reboot System Now" $message = "Do you want to reboot your machine now?" $yes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&Yes", ` "Reboots the system now." $no = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&No", ` "Does not reboot the system. You will have to reboot manually later." $options = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]]($yes, $no) $result = $Host.ui.PromptForChoice($title, $message, $options, 0) switch ($result) { 0 {"You selected Yes." Restart-Computer -whatif } 1 {"You selected No."} }
And this is what the output would look like:
Reboot System Now do you want to reboot your machine now? [Y] Yes [N] No [?] Help (default is "Y"): ? Y - Reboots the system now. N - Does not reboot the system. You will have to reboot manually later. [Y] Yes [N] No [?] Help (default is "Y"): y You selected Yes. What if: Performing operation "Restart-Computer" on Target "localhost (DEMO5)".
Note what happens when the user responds by entering "?": the prompt displays a short help text for each available option.
