Adds a "Verbose" checkbox to the UI, allowing users to enable write-verbose output from the underlying build script.

This helps in troubleshooting the FFU build process by providing more detailed output to the console. The verbose setting is saved to and loaded from the configuration file.

FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM_UI.ps1

@@ -121,7 +121,17 @@ $btnRun.Add_Click({
                 $txtStatus.Text = "Office Configuration XML file copied successfully."
             }
             $txtStatus.Text = "Executing BuildFFUVM script with config file..."
-            & "$PSScriptRoot\BuildFFUVM.ps1" -ConfigFile $configFilePath
+            
+            # Prepare parameters for splatting
+            $buildParams = @{
+                ConfigFile = $configFilePath
+            }
+            if ($config.Verbose) {
+                $buildParams['Verbose'] = $true
+            }
+
+            & "$PSScriptRoot\BuildFFUVM.ps1" @buildParams
+            
             $txtStatus.Text = "FFU build completed successfully."
         }
         catch {

FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM_UI.xaml

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
                             <CheckBox x:Name="chkAllowVHDXCaching" Content="Allow VHDX Caching" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Center" Tag="When set to $true, will cache the VHDX file to cache folder and create a config json file to track Windows build information."/>
                             <CheckBox x:Name="chkCreateCaptureMedia" Content="Create Capture Media" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Center" Tag="When set to $true, this will create WinPE capture media for use when InstallApps is set to $true."/>
                             <CheckBox x:Name="chkCreateDeploymentMedia" Content="Create Deployment Media" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Center" Tag="When set to $true, this will create WinPE deployment media for use when deploying to a physical device."/>
+                            <CheckBox x:Name="chkVerbose" Content="Verbose" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Center" Tag="When set to $true, will enable write-verbose output to the console for the build script."/>
                         </WrapPanel>
 
                         <!-- Row 8: Build USB Drive Section -->

FFUDevelopment/FFUUI.Core/FFUUI.Core.Config.psm1

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ function Get-UIConfig {
         UserAppListPath                = "$($State.Controls.txtApplicationPath.Text)\UserAppList.json"
         USBDriveList                   = @{}
         Username                       = $State.Controls.txtUsername.Text
+        Verbose                        = $State.Controls.chkVerbose.IsChecked
         VMHostIPAddress                = $State.Controls.txtVMHostIPAddress.Text
         VMLocation                     = $State.Controls.txtVMLocation.Text
         VMSwitchName                   = if ($State.Controls.cmbVMSwitchName.SelectedItem -eq 'Other') {
@@ -280,6 +281,7 @@ function Update-UIFromConfig {
     Set-UIValue -ControlName 'chkPromptExternalHardDiskMedia' -PropertyName 'IsChecked' -ConfigObject $ConfigContent -ConfigKey 'PromptExternalHardDiskMedia' -State $State
     Set-UIValue -ControlName 'chkCreateCaptureMedia' -PropertyName 'IsChecked' -ConfigObject $ConfigContent -ConfigKey 'CreateCaptureMedia' -State $State
     Set-UIValue -ControlName 'chkCreateDeploymentMedia' -PropertyName 'IsChecked' -ConfigObject $ConfigContent -ConfigKey 'CreateDeploymentMedia' -State $State
+    Set-UIValue -ControlName 'chkVerbose' -PropertyName 'IsChecked' -ConfigObject $ConfigContent -ConfigKey 'Verbose' -State $State
 
     # USB Drive Modification group (Build Tab)
     Set-UIValue -ControlName 'chkCopyAutopilot' -PropertyName 'IsChecked' -ConfigObject $ConfigContent -ConfigKey 'CopyAutopilot' -State $State

FFUDevelopment/FFUUI.Core/FFUUI.Core.Initialize.psm1

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ function Initialize-UIControls {
     $State.Controls.chkAllowVHDXCaching = $window.FindName('chkAllowVHDXCaching')
     $State.Controls.chkCreateCaptureMedia = $window.FindName('chkCreateCaptureMedia')
     $State.Controls.chkCreateDeploymentMedia = $window.FindName('chkCreateDeploymentMedia')
+    $State.Controls.chkVerbose = $window.FindName('chkVerbose')
     $State.Controls.chkCopyAutopilot = $window.FindName('chkCopyAutopilot')
     $State.Controls.chkCopyUnattend = $window.FindName('chkCopyUnattend')
     $State.Controls.chkCopyPPKG = $window.FindName('chkCopyPPKG')
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ function Initialize-UIControls {
     $State.Controls.chkUpdateADK = $window.FindName('chkUpdateADK')
     $State.Controls.btnLoadConfig = $window.FindName('btnLoadConfig')
     $State.Controls.btnBuildConfig = $window.FindName('btnBuildConfig')
+
 }
 
 function Initialize-VMSwitchData {
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ function Initialize-UIDefaults {
     $State.Controls.chkRemoveFFU.IsChecked = $State.Defaults.generalDefaults.RemoveFFU
     $State.Controls.chkRemoveApps.IsChecked = $State.Defaults.generalDefaults.RemoveApps
     $State.Controls.chkRemoveUpdates.IsChecked = $State.Defaults.generalDefaults.RemoveUpdates
+    $State.Controls.chkVerbose.IsChecked = $State.Defaults.generalDefaults.Verbose
     $State.Controls.usbSection.Visibility = if ($State.Controls.chkBuildUSBDriveEnable.IsChecked) { 'Visible' } else { 'Collapsed' }
     $State.Controls.usbSelectionPanel.Visibility = if ($State.Controls.chkSelectSpecificUSBDrives.IsChecked) { 'Visible' } else { 'Collapsed' }
     $State.Controls.chkSelectSpecificUSBDrives.IsEnabled = $State.Controls.chkBuildUSBDriveEnable.IsChecked

FFUDevelopment/FFUUI.Core/FFUUI.Core.psm1

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ function Get-GeneralDefaults {
         AllowVHDXCaching               = $false
         CreateCaptureMedia             = $true
         CreateDeploymentMedia          = $true
+        Verbose                        = $false
         AllowExternalHardDiskMedia     = $false
         PromptExternalHardDiskMedia    = $true
         SelectSpecificUSBDrives        = $false