Call For Credentials From whitin a Runspace

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Hi Everyone!
I wrote a simple program with a bunch of code (say hello to UI). Here the contents:

Add-Type –assemblyName PresentationFramework

$Runspace = [runspacefactory]::CreateRunspace()
$Runspace.ApartmentState = "STA"
$Runspace.ThreadOptions = "ReuseThread"
$Runspace.Open()

$code = {

    #Build the GUI
    [xml]$xaml = @"
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="SwitchOver AutoMation Tool" Height="600" Width="480" WindowStartupLocation = "CenterScreen" ResizeMode="NoResize">
    <Grid Margin="0,0,0,-1">
        <Button x:Name="Start_Switchover" Content="Start SwitchOver" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="50,100,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="31" Width="200" FontSize="14"/>
        <TextBox x:Name="Servers" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="70,62,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Enter server names here..." Height="23" Width="150" Foreground="DarkGray"/>
        <TextBox x:Name="Process_Output" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,150,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="400" Width="440" FontSize="11" IsReadOnly = "True" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" />
        <Label Content="Servers List:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="100,30,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="26" Width="97" FontSize="14"/>
        <Label Content="SwitchOver Automation" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="30,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="338" FontSize="18" FontWeight="Bold"/>
     </Grid>
</Window>
"@

    $syncHash = [hashtable]::Synchronized(@{ })
    $reader = (New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml)
    $syncHash.Window = [Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load($reader)

    function RunspaceScript
    {
        param($syncHash, $Servers, $TargetBox)
        if (!$Servers -or $Servers -eq "Enter server names here...")
        {
            NullValue
        }
        else
        {

            $syncHash.Host = $host
            $Runspace = [runspacefactory]::CreateRunspace()
            $Runspace.ApartmentState = "STA"
            $Runspace.ThreadOptions = "ReuseThread"
            $Runspace.Open()
            $Runspace.SessionStateProxy.SetVariable("syncHash", $syncHash)
            $Runspace.SessionStateProxy.SetVariable("Servers", $Servers)
            $Runspace.SessionStateProxy.SetVariable("TargetBox", $TargetBox)


            $code = {
                Function Add-OutputBoxLine
                {
                    Param ($Message)
                    $syncHash.Window.Dispatcher.invoke(
                            [action]{
                                $syncHash.$TargetBox.AppendText("$Message")
                                $syncHash.$TargetBox.Refresh()
                                $syncHash.$TargetBox.ScrollToCaret()
                            }
                    )
                }
                $syncHash.host.ui.PromptForCredential('Windows PowerShell credential request', 'Enter your credentials.',"","")
                $syncHash.Window.Dispatcher.invoke(
                        [action]{ $syncHash.$TargetBox.Clear(); $syncHash.Start_Switchover.IsEnabled = $False })
                Add-OutputBoxLine -Message "This is a test information block!"
                $syncHash.Window.Dispatcher.invoke(
                        [action]{ $syncHash.$TargetBox.ScrollToEnd(); $syncHash.Start_Switchover.IsEnabled = $True }
                )
            }
            $PSinstance = [powershell]::Create().AddScript($Code)
            $PSinstance.Runspace = $Runspace
            $PSinstance.Runspace.Name = "SwitchOver"
            $job = $PSinstance.BeginInvoke()

            $Runspaces = Get-Runspace -Name "SwitchOver"

            foreach ($item in $Runspaces)
            {
                if ($item.RunspaceAvailability -ne "Busy")
                {
                    $item.close()
                    $item.dispose()
                }
            }

        }
    }

    function NullValue
    {
        [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.VisualBasic') | Out-Null
        [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::MsgBox("Please enter server names serapated by comma under which you would like to perform switchover operation", 'OKOnly,Information', "Information")
    }

    # XAML objects
    # ComputerNames
    $syncHash.Servers = $syncHash.Window.FindName("Servers")
    # Ping buttons
    $syncHash.Start_Switchover = $syncHash.Window.FindName("Start_Switchover")
    # Result boxes
    $syncHash.Process_Output = $syncHash.Window.FindName("Process_Output")

    $syncHash.Servers.Add_GotFocus({
        if ($syncHash.Servers.Text -eq "Enter server names here...")
        {
            $syncHash.Servers.Foreground = "Black"
            $syncHash.Servers.Text = ""
        }
    })

    $syncHash.Servers.Add_LostFocus({
        if (!$syncHash.Servers.Text)
        {
            $syncHash.Servers.Foreground = 'DarkGray'
            $syncHash.Servers.Text = "Enter server names here..."
        }
    })

   
    #$syncHash.Window.Add_Closed({
    #[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::Exit(); Stop-Process $pid
    #})

    # Click Actions
    $syncHash.Start_Switchover.Add_Click(
            {
                RunspaceScript -syncHash $syncHash -Servers $syncHash.Servers.Text -TargetBox "Process_Output"
            })

    $syncHash.Window.ShowDialog()
    $Runspace.Close()
    $Runspace.Dispose()
}

$PSinstance1 = [powershell]::Create().AddScript($Code)
$PSinstance1.Runspace = $Runspace
$job = $PSinstance1.BeginInvoke()

### Close Runspaces
$Runspaces = Get-Runspace

foreach ($item in $Runspaces)
{
    if ($item.RunspaceAvailability -ne "Busy")
    {
        $item.close()
        $item.dispose()
    }
}

The problem is when i click the button a window should pop up asking me to enter the credentials, but nothing happens. I suspect this is because command “$syncHash.host.ui.PromptForCredential(‘Windows PowerShell credential request’, ‘Enter your credentials.’,”“,”“)” are executed inside a runspace.
Any ideas?

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Yes, its mostly because its running in runspace.
Can’t you run it without being in a runspace ?