Simple InputBox function

Question

I'm aware of a simple pop-up function for PowerShell, e.g.:

function popUp($text,$title) {
    $a = new-object -comobject wscript.shell
    $b = $a.popup($text,0,$title,0)
}

popUp "Enter your demographics" "Demographics"

But I am unable to find an equivalent for getting a pop-up to ask for input.

Sure, there is Read-Line, but it prompts from the console.

And then there is this complex function, which seems overkill for a script that will ask for input once or twice:

function getValues($formTitle, $textTitle){
    [void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing") 
    [void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") 

    $objForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
    $objForm.Text = $formTitle
    $objForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)
    $objForm.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"

    $objForm.KeyPreview = $True
    $objForm.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Enter") {$x=$objTextBox.Text;$objForm.Close()}})
    $objForm.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Escape") {$objForm.Close()}})

    $OKButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
    $OKButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,120)
    $OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
    $OKButton.Text = "OK"
    $OKButton.Add_Click({$Script:userInput=$objTextBox.Text;$objForm.Close()})
    $objForm.Controls.Add($OKButton)

    $CANCELButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
    $CANCELButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,120)
    $CANCELButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
    $CANCELButton.Text = "CANCEL"
    $CANCELButton.Add_Click({$objForm.Close()})
    $objForm.Controls.Add($CANCELButton)

    $objLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
    $objLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,20)
    $objLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,30)
    $objLabel.Text = $textTitle
    $objForm.Controls.Add($objLabel)

    $objTextBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    $objTextBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,50)
    $objTextBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20)
    $objForm.Controls.Add($objTextBox)

    $objForm.Topmost = $True

    $objForm.Add_Shown({$objForm.Activate()})

    [void] $objForm.ShowDialog()

    return $userInput
}

$schema = getValues "Database Schema" "Enter database schema"

Answer 1

Probably the simplest way is to use the InputBox method of the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction class:

[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.VisualBasic')

$title = 'Demographics'
$msg   = 'Enter your demographics:'

$text = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($msg, $title)