PrimalScript 2104’s PowerShell Debugger has received a minor update with build 7.0.44. The variables window now shows the actual .NET type of the underlying variable in a separate column. In addition to that you can also see array data. If you look closely at the screenshot above you see a “[… Click to see array […]
Tag: Debugger
PrimalScript 2014: VBScript gets a debug console
One of the many things on our users wish list was the ability to change variables while debugging. While we where looking to solve that, we also looked for a way to call functions while stopped at a breakpoint or execute any arbitrary code that may help facilitate testing and debugging. Since we already have […]
But it works on my machine…
We have all heard that phrase. We have all faced that scenario. A script runs perfectly fine on your machine or any VM you have, but just refuses to do anything useful on that one server where it really matters. Error messages can be notoriously unhelpful. “Access denied”, yes, but to WHAT and WHY? And […]
Debugging PowerShell modules with PrimalScript 2012
The latest service build of PrimalScript 2012 (6.5.132) makes debugging modules a bit easier. If you are developing a script module you most likely already have a script that exercises the various cmdlets in your module. Just load that script and your psm1 file into PrimalScript, set your breakpoints and hit F5 with your module […]
Debugging multiple scripts with PrimalScript 2012
Debugging a simple script with a few lines is not a big deal, hit debug and step through it. Almost any PowerShell related editor can do that today. But what if you need to debug a complete system of scripts interacting with one another? This new service build of PrimalScript 2012 introduces the ability to […]
PowerShell V3 breakpoint bug
While we are adapting and verifying all our bits and pieces for PowerShell V3 and Windows 8, we sometimes stumble across little changes from PowerShell V2 behavior. Most of the time this is pretty simple and we can adapt our code to a new object or a change of where the information is located. Sometimes […]
SAPIEN at Tech-Ed 2012
Once again, SAPIEN will be in attendance at Tech-Ed 2012, this year held in Orlando from June 11th – 14th. If you are going to be there, look for us at booth 1748. This year, we will be focussing on our Powershell related products: PrimalScript 2012, PowerShell Studio 2012 and iPowerShell Pro. PrimalScript 2012 […]
PrimalScript 2012: What’s new? (Part 6)
VBScript users have told me on occasion that they are really jealous of one feature of PowerShell: Write-Debug Depending on the value of $DebugPreference this produces output when needed but makes it easy to silence diagnostic output once a script moves to production. VBScript and JScript developers have to sprinkle WScript.Echo calls through their code […]
Feature Peek PrimalScript 2011: Debugging with arguments
Many of the scripts you develop use command line arguments to specify data that needs to be passed to the script. In a production environment these parameters usually change for each invocation of a script. For debugging however most developers use a fixed set of test parameters for any given script, which allows you to […]
Feature Peek PrimalForms 2011: Debugger
You saw PrimalScripts 2011’s new PowerShell debugger and now its time to show you the same debugger in PrimalForms 2011. Multi-Platform Support Since PrimalForms 2011 shares the same debugger as PrimalScript, it also supports 32 bit & 64 bit script execution with the option to elevate. Variables Pane View all the session variables and their […]
