Add icons to checkbox text

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This code:

[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")

# set form size
$Form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$Form.width = 500
$Form.height = 500
$Form.Text = ”Install Software”

# set font
$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Verdana",10)
$Form.Font = $Font

# checkbox 7-zip
$checkbox1 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.checkbox
$checkbox1.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(30,30)
$checkbox1.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(120,20)
$checkbox1.Text = " 7-Zip"
$checkbox1.Checked = $false
$Form.Controls.Add($checkbox1)

# checkbox notepad ++
$checkbox2 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.checkbox
$checkbox2.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(30,50)
$checkbox2.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(120,20)
$checkbox2.Text = " Notepad ++"
$checkbox2.Checked = $false
$Form.Controls.Add($checkbox2)

# ok button
$OKButton = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$OKButton.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(130,400)
$OKButton.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(100,40)
$OKButton.Text = "OK"
$OKButton.Add_Click({$Form.Close()})
$form.Controls.Add($OKButton)

# cancel button
$CancelButton = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$CancelButton.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(255,400)
$CancelButton.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(100,40)
$CancelButton.Text = "Cancel"
$CancelButton.Add_Click({$Form.Close()})
$form.Controls.Add($CancelButton)


$OKButton.Add_Click{

if($checkbox1.Checked) {Start-Process -FilePath C:\software\7z1900-x64.exe /S}
if($checkbox2.Checked) {Start-Process -FilePath C:\software\npp.7.8.1.Installer.x64.exe /S}

}

# activate form
$Form.Add_Shown({$Form.Activate()})
[void] $Form.ShowDialog()

(This is just an example of script, don’t try to fix it)

I would like to add icons to each software, something like this (used paint to edit):
image

So basically get the .ico file from external source (I have yet to determine where to get the .ico file from) and add it before the text of the checkbox

I found an interesting method of doing so
first link:

second link:

it uses Base64, so that’s great since I don’t need to download the image as a file, it just embeds itself inside the script
But I have no idea how to take that icon and move it to the checkbox text

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Don’t use the text property of the check box. Use a label which supports images and text. Your code would look something like this:

[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")

# set form size
$Form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$Form.width = 500
$Form.height = 500
$Form.Text = "Install Software"

# set font
$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Verdana",10)
$Form.Font = $Font

# checkbox 7-zip
$checkbox1 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.checkbox
$checkbox1.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(30,30)
$checkbox1.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(20,20)
$checkbox1.Checked = $false
$Form.Controls.Add($checkbox1)

# 7-zip icon
$ImagePath = 'E:\Temp\7zip.ico'
$ImageBytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($ImagePath)
$Icon = [Convert]::ToBase64String($ImageBytes)

$CheckBox1Label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$CheckBox1Label.Width = 60
$CheckBox1Label.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point (50,30)
$CheckBox1Label.Image = $ImageBytes
$CheckBox1Label.ImageAlign = 'MiddleLeft'
$CheckBox1Label.Text = '7-Zip'
$CheckBox1Label.TextAlign = 'MiddleRight'
$Form.Controls.Add($CheckBox1Label)

# checkbox notepad ++
$checkbox2 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.checkbox
$checkbox2.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(30,50)
$checkbox2.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(20,20)
$checkbox2.Checked = $false
$Form.Controls.Add($checkbox2)

# Notepad++ icon
$ImagePath = 'E:\Temp\notepad++.icon'
$ImageBytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($ImagePath)
$Icon = [Convert]::ToBase64String($ImageBytes)

$CheckBox2Label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$CheckBox2Label.Width = 100
$CheckBox2Label.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point (50,50)
$CheckBox2Label.Image = $ImageBytes
$CheckBox2Label.ImageAlign = 'MiddleLeft'
$CheckBox2Label.Text = 'NotePad++'
$CheckBox2Label.TextAlign = 'MiddleRight'
$Form.Controls.Add($CheckBox2Label)

# ok button
$OKButton = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$OKButton.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(130,400)
$OKButton.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(100,40)
$OKButton.Text = "OK"
$OKButton.Add_Click({$Form.Close()})
$form.Controls.Add($OKButton)

# cancel button
$CancelButton = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$CancelButton.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(255,400)
$CancelButton.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(100,40)
$CancelButton.Text = "Cancel"
$CancelButton.Add_Click({$Form.Close()})
$form.Controls.Add($CancelButton)


$OKButton.Add_Click{

if($checkbox1.Checked) {Start-Process -FilePath C:\software\7z1900-x64.exe /S}
if($checkbox2.Checked) {Start-Process -FilePath C:\software\npp.7.8.1.Installer.x64.exe /S}

}

# activate form
$Form.Add_Shown({$Form.Activate()})
[void] $Form.ShowDialog()
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Thank you very much!

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