call OpenFileDialog from powershell

Question

When I run the following, PowerShell hangs waiting for the dialog to close, even though the dialog is never displayed:

[void] [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPart         


        

Answer 1

I was able to duplicate your problem and found a workaround. I don't know why this happens, but it has happened to others.

If you set the ShowHelp property to $true, you will get the dialog to come up properly.

Example:

[void] [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName( 'System.Windows.Forms' )
$d = New-Object Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
$d.ShowHelp = $true
$d.ShowDialog( )

Good Luck!