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[IT Consultant]

Hi, I’m trying to create a menu using PowerShell, and I have an issue with the list number.

The script is like this :

# Define the title and options for the menu
$Title = "Select an option:"
	$Options = @(
	[System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&A", "Option A"),
	[System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&B", "Option B"),
	[System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&C", "Option C")
)

# Display the menu and get the user's selection
$Selection = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice($Title, "", $Options, 0)

# Handle the user's selection
Switch ($Selection) {
	0 { Write-Host "You selected Option A" }
	1 { Write-Host "You selected Option B" }
	2 { Write-Host "You selected Option C" }
}

Unfortunately, it shows the menu like this:

[1] 1 [2] 2 [3] 3 [4] 4 [?] Help (default is “1”):

I would like to have something like this:

[1] Option 1  [2]  Option 2 [3]  Option 3 [4]  Option 4 [?] Help (default is “1”):

Any help, please?

[Michael Pietroforte]

Try this:

# Define the title and options for the menu
$Title = "Select an option:"
$Options = @(
    [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&1. Option A", "Description for Option A"),
    [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&2. Option B", "Description for Option B"),
    [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&3. Option C", "Description for Option C")
)

# Display the menu and get the user's selection
$Selection = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice($Title, "", $Options, 0)

# Handle the user's selection
Switch ($Selection) {
    0 { Write-Host "You selected Option A" }
    1 { Write-Host "You selected Option B" }
    2 { Write-Host "You selected Option C" }
}

In this modification, the labels of the options include numbers (“&1. Option A”, &2. Option B, etc.). This way, the menu should display the options as [1] Option A, [2] Option B, and [3] Option C.

The & symbol in the label indicates the hotkey for that option, which should correspond to the number you want to display. The description field can be used to provide additional information about each option, but it’s not typically displayed in the menu.

[IT Consultant]

Thank you for your help and assistance.

a quick question, I would like that based on user choice, the script should do something, how I can tackle this?

[Michael Pietroforte]

Try this:

# Define the title and options for the menu
$Title = "Select an option:"
$Options = @(
    [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&1. Option A", "Description for Option A"),
    [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&2. Option B", "Description for Option B"),
    [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]::new("&3. Option C", "Description for Option C")
)

# Display the menu and get the user's selection
$Selection = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice($Title, "", $Options, 0)

# Handle the user's selection
Switch ($Selection) {
    0 { 
        Write-Host "You selected Option A"
        # Add your code for Option A here
        # Example:
        # Write-Host "Performing action for Option A"
    }
    1 { 
        Write-Host "You selected Option B"
        # Add your code for Option B here
        # Example:
        # Write-Host "Performing action for Option B"
    }
    2 { 
        Write-Host "You selected Option C"
        # Add your code for Option C here
        # Example:
        # Write-Host "Performing action for Option C"
    }
}

[IT Consultant]

Thank you very much

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