Look to the right, there is a new poll. Some of you have come to love it some of you loath it: The Ribbon interface used in Microsoft Office 2007 and above. Windows 7’s Paint has it. Windows 8 will have it for Windows Explorer. PrimalForms had it from the beginning. Some find it offers […]
PrimalForms 2011: Spotlight on the TreeView Control – Part 1
The Spotlight on Controls series describes the controls, that is, the objects in the System.Windows.Forms namespace, so you can use them effectively when building GUI apps in PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript. Each post focuses on one control and lists its most important properties, methods, and events, including the default event that PowerShell Studio adds to […]
Got Shrinkage?
Is your form suffering from shrinkage? Nobody likes it when your form shrinks to sizes where you can no longer see any controls. How embarrassing! Well there is hope! Stop embarrassing shrinkage with our simple solution! With a single application you will impress instead of depress! The PrimalForms Solution: Click on your form in the […]
Service Release (11/8/2011)
New versions of PrimalScript 2011, PrimalForms 2011, PrimalSQL 2011, and PrimalForms 2009 are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2011 v6.0.152 + Compiled ActiveXPosh for PowerShell V2+ Document explorer cannot be switched off for VBScript and PowerShell+ Debugging VBScript can result in Error message when stepping+ Add […]
PrimalForms 2011: Spotlight on the TabControl
The “Spotlight on Controls” series focuses on a single WinForms control in PrimalForms 2011 , details the important Properties, Methods, and Events of the control and demonstrates how to utilize the control. Most of the information about the controls is still applicable to previous versions of PrimalForms. Last time we took a look at the […]
PrimalForms 2011: Spotlight on the ImageList Control
The “Spotlight on Controls” series focuses on a single WinForms control in PrimalForms 2011 , details the important Properties, Methods, and Events of the control and demonstrates how to utilize the control. Most of the information about the controls is still applicable to previous versions of PrimalForms. Last time we took a look at the […]
Introducing ChangeVue 2011 — Version Control For The Rest Of Us
“DMD” is a serious though not fatal psychological condition and we here at SAPIEN Technologies are committed to fight. It stands for “Decision-Making Disorder” and afflicts those who cannot decide among all the great software tools we offer. So, we’re making it simple for you this month—-in order to celebrate the release of ChangeVue 2011, […]
Service Release (10/4/2011)
New versions of PrimalScript 2011, PrimalForms 2011, PrimalSQL 2011, and PrimalXML 2011 are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2011 v6.0.152 ADD: Support %ForceSTA% for PowerShell scripts ADD: Menu topic to debug script with elevation FIX: Filter used as member of an object results in faulty code […]
PrimalForms 2011: Spotlight on the MaskedTextBox Control
The “Spotlight on Controls” series focuses on a single WinForms control in PrimalForms 2011 , details the important Properties, Methods, and Events of the control and demonstrates how to utilize the control. Most of the information about the controls is still applicable to previous versions of PrimalForms. Last time we took a look at the […]
PrimalForms 2011: Validating the Form – Part 4
In Part 3 we discussed validating techniques. Now in the final part of this series we will discuss how to validate the form as a whole. How to Trigger Validation when the Form is Closing: If you have worked with validation in the past, you may have noticed that the unfocused controls do not trigger […]