Powershell select combobox items trigger using button click not working - wpf

I am currently stuck on a particular code in PowerShell. What I want to accomplish is when a user selects an item inside the combobox and toggle the button, this will navigate to a webpage or application based on the item the user selected in the combobox.
Here is my sample code. I tried two procedures if statement and switch. I used switch here.
here is the if statement
if ($ComboBox.SelectedItem -eq "vdi"){
$button2.Add_Click
$ie = new-object -Com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate2("website")
}
this is switch
$Form.ShowDialog() | out-null
$Form.FindName('autool_cmbx')
switch($ComboBox.Text) {
"vdi" {
$button2 = $Form.FindName('go_au')
$button2.Add_Click
$IE= new-object -Com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$IE.navigate2("website")
}
}

You need to tell your Add_Click function what it needs to do. In your case, it'd probably be something like:
$button2.AddClick {
$IE = New-Object -Com 'InternetExplorer.Application'
$IE.Navigate2("website")
$IE.Visible = $true
}
If that doesn't work, then more detail would be good. How are you building the GUI? What is happening when you click the button? What doesn't happen? What error messages are coming up?
EDIT: Here's an example script that does what you're asking for. You should be able to copy and paste it into a script file and run it, and it should work. Let me know how you go.
[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing") | Out-Null
[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") | Out-Null
function Button_OnClick() {
"`$combo.SelectedItem = $($combo.SelectedItem)" | Out-GridView
if ($combo.SelectedItem -eq 'Google') {
Start-Process -FilePath 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe' -ArgumentList 'http://www.google.com'
} elseif ($combo.SelectedItem -eq 'Microsoft') {
$IE = New-Object -ComObject 'InternetExplorer.Application'
$IE.Navigate2('http://www.microsoft.com')
$IE.Visible = $true
}
}
$combo = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox
$combo.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList 5, 5
$combo.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList 100, 25
$combo.Items.Add('Google') | Out-Null
$combo.Items.Add('Microsoft') | Out-Null
$combo.SelectedIndex = 0
$button = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Button
$button.Location = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList 5, 35
$button.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList 100, 25
$button.Text = 'Launch in IE'
$button.Add_Click({ Button_OnClick })
$form = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form.FormBorderStyle = [System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle]::FixedSingle
$form.MaximizeBox = $false
$form.MinimizeBox = $false
$form.Size = New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList 60, 105
$form.StartPosition = [System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition]::CenterScreen
$form.Controls.Add($combo)
$form.Controls.Add($button)
$form.ShowDialog() | Out-Null

I made it working using Selecteditem.content which is combobox property!
$button.Add_Click({
if($ComboBox.SelectedItem.Content -eq "vpsx"){
$IE = new-object -Com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$IE.Visible = $true
$IE.navigate2("https://ctxau001mel0006.global.anz.com/Director/?
locale=en_US#HOME",0x1000)}
})

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I reworked your script with events instead of a loop and added comments at the important parts. Events are a lot easier to handle, if you have multiple things going on. But the scopes are kind of a drawback.
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$OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
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$form.close()
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<# This would work but we use events
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#>
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At C:\temp\test.ps1:62 char:5
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Can anyone point me where I'm going wrong please? Or is there a better way of doing this
Ok, I found this
Apparently retained legacy behaviour and the fix is to check for null:
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#{
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I have made your script working changing the 'Get-CCUSers' function
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}
}
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}
In short:
I removed the Write-Host (the output was actually redirected to stdout)
I added a $res in the function initialized as array
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The $res is returned by the function, and then used $RunButton

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