One of the most important things for any type of development is quick and efficient access to help information. No matter whether you are a seasoned developer or just started to write scripts longer than five lines, at some point you will need help.Maybe you just need a reminder about what the parameters of a […]
Tag: Help
Powershell Help 2.0 Community Edition
Our Powershell Help tool has been a favorite download for quite some time now. The built-in help command in the Powershell console is helpful if you need just some quick lookup, but for browsing and reading the console just isn’t good enough. The CHM file Microsoft released is a pretty nice graphical way of getting […]
PrimalForms 2009: Integrated Help
PrimalForms 2009 features integrated help to assist users with their form scripting. This blog covers some of its features. Help Documentation: (Fig 1: Click on the Help button or press F1 key to access the help documentation.) PrimalForms allows users to access help on any panel or window simply by pressing the F1 key. Depending […]
Can I Get a Little Help Here?
One of my favorite features in PowerShell v2.0 is the ability to add help scripts and functions. The help system with cmdlets is terrific. Type help and the name of a cmdlet and you get syntax, parameters, a description and examples. In PowerShell v2 you can get this same functionality for your scripts and functions. The example I want to show you will work with PowerShell v2.0 that ships with WIndows 7 Release Candidate. There have been some changes since PowerShell CTP3 so if you want the absolute latest PowerShell bits you’ll need Windows 7. Here’s what you can look forward to.
PowerShell Help update
The external PowerShell help system SAPIEN previously included with PrimalScript 2007 received a little face lift for release with PrimalScript 2009. Taking a lead from PrimalScript 2009’s object browser, the cmdlet listings are also sorted by common verbs. This should make it easier to locate the cmdlet that you are looking for.
