WPFtoPS-GUI-Template.ps1

<#
    XAML GUI Template
#>

Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

[xml]$XAML = @"

<-- PASTE VISUAL STUDIO XML CODE HERE -->

"@
$XAML.Window.RemoveAttribute('x:Class')
$XAML.Window.RemoveAttribute('mc:Ignorable')
$XAMLReader = New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $XAML
$MainWindow = [Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load($XAMLReader)

$namenodes = $XAML.SelectNodes("//*[@*[contains(translate(name(.),'n','N'),'Name')]]")
$wpf =@{}
$namenodes | ForEach-Object{$wpf.add($_.Name,$MainWindow.FindName($_.Name))}

#$wpf.Button.Add_Click({
#    Write-Host "Hello World"
#})

$MainWindow.ShowDialog() | Out-Null