I am currently new to and in process of learning powershell for andmistrative purposes. I am posting this question since I couldnt find much information regarding this anywhere.
I am creating a script with a gui which lists all our servers as treenodes. From there I want to generate/populate/create the child nodes of the server on the fly (i.e when the node'server1' is clicked or selected , it should generate child nodes as below). Since we have large quantity of servers, I dont want to update child nodes on every server when a new property is added. Can anyone please tell me how to accomplish this? If my description doesn't make sense I can explain more.
.....Server1 . . ......BIOSInfo (I am distiguishing server nodes and its child nodes by using tags) . . ......PROCInfo
etc
I am using sapien primal forms with powershell 3.0
here is the sample code;
function NodeClick( $object )
{
if ($this.SelectedNode.Tag -eq "Server")
{
$Server = $this.selectednode.text
$richTextBox1.Text = "Script for $Server Information"
#~~< TreeNode11 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1111 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("OS")
$TreeNode1111.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1111.Text = "OS"
#~~< TreeNode12 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1222 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Domain")
$TreeNode1222.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1222.Text = "Domain"
#~~< TreeNode13 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1333 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Serial")
$TreeNode1333.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1333.Text = "Serial"
#~~< TreeNode14 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1444 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("BIOS")
$TreeNode1444.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1444.Text = "BIOS"
#~~< TreeNode15 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1555 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Processor")
$TreeNode1555.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1555.Text = "Processor"
#~~< TreeNode16 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1666 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Memory")
$TreeNode1666.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1666.Text = "Memory"
#~~< TreeNode17 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1777 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Partitions")
$TreeNode1777.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1777.Text = "Partitions"
#~~< TreeNode18 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1888 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Drive")
$TreeNode1888.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1888.Text = "Drive"
#~~< TreeNode19 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode1999 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("IPInfo")
$TreeNode1999.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode1999.Text = "IPInfo"
#~~< TreeNode110 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode2111 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("PrintInfo")
$TreeNode2111.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode2111.Text = "PrintInfo"
#~~< TreeNode111 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode2222 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("FolderShare")
$TreeNode2222.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode2222.Text = "FolderShare"
#~~< TreeNode112 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode2333 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Tasks")
$TreeNode2333.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode2333.Text = "Tasks"
#~~< TreeNode113 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode2444 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Services")
$TreeNode2444.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode2444.Text = "Services"
#~~< TreeNode114 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$TreeNode2555 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Software")
$TreeNode2555.Tag = "DevInfo"
$TreeNode2555.Text = "Software"
$this.SelectedNode = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("DOCACT01", [System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode[]] ( @($TreeNode1111, $TreeNode1222, $TreeNode1333, $TreeNode1444, $TreeNode1555, $TreeNode1666, $TreeNode1777, $TreeNode1888, $TreeNode1999, $TreeNode2111, $TreeNode2222, $TreeNode2333, $TreeNode2444, $TreeNode2555) ))
$this.SelectedNode.Tag = "Server"
$this.SelectedNode.Text = "$Server"
$form1.refresh()
}
else
{
$this.SelectedNode.expand()
$richTextBox1.Text = "Script for Server Information"
}
Got it working as following;
function NodeClick( $object )
{
if (($this.SelectedNode.Tag -eq "Server") -and ($this.SelectedNode.nodes.count -eq 0))
{
$Parent = $this.SelectedNode
$richTextBox1.text = "Server Inventory Script"
$Server = $Parent.text
$Childs = ("OS", "Domain", "Serial", "BIOS", "Processor", "Memory", "Partitions", "Drive", "IPInfo", "PrintInfo", "FolderShare", "Tasks", "Services", "Software")
$childs | %{
$newNode = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode
$newNode.Name = $_
$newNode.Text = $_
$newNode.Tag = "DevInfo"
$Parent.Nodes.Add($newNode) | Out-Null
return $newNode
$Form1.refresh()
}
}