Topmost not working ONLY when compiled exe

[CermakPOI]

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Operating system: Windows Server 2012 R2 / Windows 10
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PowerShell Version: 5.1 / 5.0

I want to show a topmost messagebox. It's working perfectly when running from ps-promt or Exportet Forms project.
It does NOT show topmost when i run it from a compiled exe. (STA checked, Tried PS 3.0 and 5.0)

Of course all the values are filled.

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	$FrmMsgBox = New-Object 'System.Windows.Forms.Form'
				$FrmMsgBox.TopMost = $true
				$FrmMsgBox.Focus()
				$FrmMsgBox.BringToFront()
				#Write-StatusLog 0 "[Show-MessageBox]Topmost: FrmMsgBox `r`n$(($FrmMsgBox | fl | out-string).trim())" -calling -Autocolor
				$MsgResult = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show(
				$FrmMsgBox,
				"$Text",
				"$Title",
				"$MsgBoxButtons",
				"$Icon",
				[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxDefaultButton]::Button1
				)
				$FrmMsgBox.Close()
				$FrmMsgBox.Dispose() 

[davidc]

[TOPIC MOVED TO POWERSHELL GUIS FORUM BY MODERATOR]

The Focus method will will not work until the Form is display. Also try using the Select instead of Focus.

[davidc]

You need not create a Form object to display a message box.

[CermakPOI]

I need to create a form object to show the messagebox as topmost.
This is working ALWAYS - except when calling hte function from a powershell studio compiled Exe (That's why i posted it originally to this Forum)

Paste This code in a powershell Window and see if you get a topmost messagebox:

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$Text = "MyTopmost Messagebox"
$Title ="MyTitle"
$Icon = "Info"
$MsgBoxButtons = "OK"
$FrmMsgBox = New-Object 'System.Windows.Forms.Form'
$FrmMsgBox.TopMost = $true
$FrmMsgBox.Focus()
$FrmMsgBox.BringToFront()
#Write-StatusLog 0 "[Show-MessageBox]Topmost: FrmMsgBox `r`n$(($FrmMsgBox | fl | out-string).trim())" -calling -Autocolor
$MsgResult = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show(
$FrmMsgBox,
"$Text",
"$Title",
"$MsgBoxButtons",
"$Icon",
[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxDefaultButton]::Button1
)
$FrmMsgBox.Close()
$FrmMsgBox.Dispose()

Then try this code inside a compiled "Windows forms" package.

[jvierra]

You cannot create a form then call a messagebox and have the non-displayed form center the messagebox. In PSS it will use PSS as the form to center on. In an plain EXE it will position to the console window if it is visible.

This is all you need or can use:

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1. $result = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show('MyTopmost Messagebox','MyTitle','Ok','Info','Button1')

You should try to avoid the habit of placing double quotes around everything and string variables do not need to be quoted.

[CermakPOI]

But it's working in PSS - just not topmost.

[jvierra]

Working in PSS? I thought it wasn't working in the EXE?

PSS is not the host. It cannot be topmost to PSS no matter what you do.