Use PowerShell with a Folder Picker to Copy a Specific Folder

Problem

During development, theme folders for different sites often need to be manually copied over. Let's automate this with PowerShell.

Approach

1. Use the powerful built-in Windows robocopy command for copying.
2. Provide a default folder path, and use a .NET Framework dialog component so the user can still pick the folder they want to copy.

Usage

1. Right-click create_desktop_workspace.ps1 and run it with PowerShell.

2. Select the Theme folder you want to copy.

3. The script will copy the Theme from the selected folder into the project.

Code

Function Get-Folder($initialDirectory)
{
    [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms")|Out-Null

    $foldername = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
    $foldername.Description = "Select a folder"
    $foldername.rootfolder = "MyComputer"
    $foldername.SelectedPath = $initialDirectory
	$foldername.ShowNewFolderButton = $false
	
    if($foldername.ShowDialog() -eq "OK")
    {		
        $folder += $foldername.SelectedPath
    }else{
		exit		
	}
    return $folder
}

$defaultFolderName="Theme1"
$currentPath = (Get-Item .).FullName + '\Src\Web.Portal\' + $defaultFolderName ;
$desktopThemePath = Get-Folder($currentPath)

$pathArray = $desktopThemePath.Split("\")
$targetFolderName =$pathArray[$pathArray.length-1]

$desktopProjectSource="..\Portal\Portal\Portal.Web\Web"

robocopy $desktopThemePath $desktopProjectSource /E
pause