Automatically Populating Label/text boxs

[Reddrgn2]

Product – Powershell studio 2019, version 5.6.164
OS – win 10
Os version – 64b
Basic idea, AD user creations, goal to see if there is a way to automatically populate 3 variables.
1. To populate/display the given name and last name automatically – Display name
2. Count the given name, count “.” and count the last name.
a. Apples(given) then add “.”, then counts Grapes(last)
b. Total of 13
c. Display total as typing
3. If able to get 2 to work correctly, then if the character count is over 20. To show an error or warning – something to get attention.

This is just really a rough outline of the script below, included is a screen shot of the GUI. On the GUI there is a button to press that will display the first and last, but that is a manual trigger. (Screen shot, out is right below “display name”
I think that if I am able to get these few things working I will be able to finish and put the “Create User” button script in. *took out because I forgot I put in place and was creating users.
Any guidance would be helpful.

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1. $form1_Load={
2.     #TODO: Initialize Form Controls here
3.    
4. }
5.  
6. $EmployeeNumber_Click={
7.     #TODO: Place custom script here
8.    
9. }
10.  
11. $employeeID_TextChanged={
12.     #TODO: Place custom script here
13.     #$employeeID_TextChanged = Read-Host 'Please enter Emp ID'
14.    
15.    
16.    
17. }
18.  
19. $labelDepartment_Click={
20.     #TODO: Place custom script here
21.    
22. }
23.  
24. $department_TextChanged={
25.     #TODO: Place custom script here
26.    
27. }
28.  
29. #region Control Helper Functions
30. function Update-ComboBox
31. {
32. <#
33.     .SYNOPSIS
34.         This functions helps you load items into a ComboBox.
35.    
36.     .DESCRIPTION
37.         Use this function to dynamically load items into the ComboBox control.
38.    
39.     .PARAMETER ComboBox
40.         The ComboBox control you want to add items to.
41.    
42.     .PARAMETER Items
43.         The object or objects you wish to load into the ComboBox's Items collection.
44.    
45.     .PARAMETER DisplayMember
46.         Indicates the property to display for the items in this control.
47.        
48.     .PARAMETER ValueMember
49.         Indicates the property to use for the value of the control.
50.    
51.     .PARAMETER Append
52.         Adds the item(s) to the ComboBox without clearing the Items collection.
53.    
54.     .EXAMPLE
55.         Update-ComboBox $combobox1 "Red", "White", "Blue"
56.    
57.     .EXAMPLE
58.         Update-ComboBox $combobox1 "Red" -Append
59.         Update-ComboBox $combobox1 "White" -Append
60.         Update-ComboBox $combobox1 "Blue" -Append
61.    
62.     .EXAMPLE
63.         Update-ComboBox $combobox1 (Get-Process) "ProcessName"
64.    
65.     .NOTES
66.         Additional information about the function.
67. #>
68.    
69.     param
70.     (
71.         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
72.         [ValidateNotNull()]
73.         [System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox]
74.         $ComboBox,
75.         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
76.         [ValidateNotNull()]
77.         $Items,
78.         [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
79.         [string]$DisplayMember,
80.         [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
81.         [string]$ValueMember,
82.         [switch]
83.         $Append
84.     )
85.    
86.     if (-not $Append)
87.     {
88.         $ComboBox.Items.Clear()
89.     }
90.    
91.     if ($Items -is [Object[]])
92.     {
93.         $ComboBox.Items.AddRange($Items)
94.     }
95.     elseif ($Items -is [System.Collections.IEnumerable])
96.     {
97.         $ComboBox.BeginUpdate()
98.         foreach ($obj in $Items)
99.         {
100.             $ComboBox.Items.Add($obj)
101.         }
102.         $ComboBox.EndUpdate()
103.     }
104.     else
105.     {
106.         $ComboBox.Items.Add($Items)
107.     }
108.    
109.     $ComboBox.DisplayMember = $DisplayMember
110.     $ComboBox.ValueMember = $ValueMember
111. }
112. #endregion
113.  
114. $officelocation_SelectedIndexChanged={
115.     #TODO: Place custom script here
116.    
117. }
118.  
119. $GivenName_TextChanged={
120.     #TODO: Place custom script here
121.    
122. }
123.  
124. $buttonCreateUser_Click={
125.     #TODO: Place custom script here
126.     Import-Module ActiveDirectory
127.    
128. }
129.  
130. $Displaynametext_TextChanged={
131.     #TODO: Place custom script here
132.        
133.     <#
134.     $Displaynametext_TextChanged = $GivenName_TextChanged + $Surname_TextChanged
135.     #>
136. }
137.  
138. $Surname_TextChanged={
139.     #TODO: Place custom script here
140.    
141. }
142.  
143.  
144. $displaynameload_Click={
145.     #TODO: Place custom script here
146.     $First = $GivenName.text
147.     $last = $Surname.Text
148.     $labeldisplayname.Text = $First + " " + $last
149. }

[jvierra]

I am sorry but it is almost impossible to under4stand your question. Can you just ask a single question.

Also posting a snippet of code and an image really doesn't help much in this case. It is better to create a simple PSF file that illustrates your question and post the PSF file as an attachment.

Don't try to explain what you are doing. Ask a basic question about how to do some single thing. Take this a step at a time as that ill be easier for us to understand.

[jvierra]

The best I can guess here is that you want to know how to count the characters in a string.


# get the number of characters in a string
$mystring ='some set of characters'
$mystring.Length

[jvierra]

A couple of suggestions.

Use the "Validating" event to check the length and display an error.

You can also use the "TextChanged" event to assign the full name as the name is typed.

[jvierra]

I think this is what you are trying to ask.

[Reddrgn2]

Apologies, I wanted to give as much information as to the idea/goal. To show how things are laying out on the gui and in the script part. I didn't think of adding the PSF file, will make note to do that next time.

To the point you nailed what I was wanting to do, thanks

[jvierra]

Sometimes I guess well. Good luck.