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David O'Bryan
David O'Bryan

Reputation: 33

Winform freezes when using Powershell logic

I'm trying to write a PowerShell script for lab automation that checks if the program that runs the robot is open before opening another script using a form. I had this working until I added this logic:

$RunControl = Get-Process HxRun -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($RunControl) {
    [void]$RunControlForm.Show()
}   else {
Start-Process -FilePath $scriptPath
}

This works fine in opening the program in $scriptPath but when I run it again the form pops up but freezes and I can't click any buttons or anything. I think it might be related to PowerShell running in single thread? I'm new to scripting in PowerShell and don't want to spend the time to convert all this to multi-thread if I can avoid it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 56

Answers (1)

David O'Bryan
David O'Bryan

Reputation: 33

I actually got it working by using .ShowDialog() instead of just .Show(). the ending code is:

$RunControl = Get-Process HxRun -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($RunControl) {
    [void]$RunControlForm.ShowDialog()
}   else {
Start-Process -FilePath $scriptPath
}

Upvotes: 1

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