In a previous tip you learned how to load additional .NET assemblies. This enables you to display dialog boxes like a MsgBox, pretty much like in VBScript. You can even make the MsgBox stay on top of all other windows so it never gets covered and hidden in the background:
PS> Add-Type -AssemblyName Microsoft.VisualBasic PS> $result = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::MsgBox('My Message','OKOnly,SystemModal,Information', 'HeaderText') PS> $result
Note the flag "SystemModal": it keeps the MsgBox dialog topmost so it cannot be covered by any other window. To display different buttons and/or icons, take a look at all of the flags you can combine as a comma-separated list:
PS> [System.Enum]::GetNames([Microsoft.VisualBasic.MsgBoxStyle]) ApplicationModal DefaultButton1 OkOnly OkCancel AbortRetryIgnore YesNoCancel YesNo RetryCancel Critical Question Exclamation Information DefaultButton2 DefaultButton3 SystemModal MsgBoxHelp MsgBoxSetForeground MsgBoxRight MsgBoxRtlReading
