PowerShell Hello World Window

Here's an attempt at a Hello World Window using PowerShell:

# PowerShell Hello World Window
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")

$b = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$b.Text = "Press Me"

$l = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$l.Text = "A label:"
$l.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(50,20)
$l.TextAlign = [System.Drawing.ContentAlignment]::BottomLeft

$p = new-object System.Windows.Forms.FlowLayoutPanel
$p.Controls.Add($l)
$p.Controls.Add($b)

$f = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$f.Text = "Hello World"
$f.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(160,70)
$f.Controls.Add($p)
$f.ShowDialog()

Mini Observations

• System.Drawing namespace and assembly is loaded with System.Windows.Forms at the start.
• Unlike IronPython, only the actual .Net constructors for System.Windows.Forms classes are available, so you have to set properties of objects in separate statements after an object is created.