I recently had the great honor of attending my eldest son’s Ph.D. thesis defense. It was one of those mommy moments — you know, “my son the doctor.” Jackson Cahn, Ph.D. with his parents, June Blender and Andy Cahn Photo by Ron Rogers Although I’d discussed my son’s work with him for years, I didn’t […]
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Update-Module 5.0 adds, not updates
Applies to: — Windows PowerShell 5.0.10586.63 — PowerShellGet 1.0.0.1 I’m a huge fan of sharing Windows PowerShell modules and making them easy to find (Find-Module), view (Save-Module), and install (Install-Module). So, I truly love the new PowerShellGet module. However, you really need to understand how it works before you use it. Otherwise, you might end up […]
Using Group-Object to Detect Command Name Conflicts
The Group-Object cmdlet, one of the original provider cmdlets, is as old as Windows PowerShell. It was introduced in version 1.0 and hasn’t changed at all since then. But, it is one of my favorites. (You can tell when I love a cmdlet by the number of examples. Group-Object has 9!) In fact, when you use it […]
Running PowerShell Scripts: Survey Results
We’re always evaluating the best, easiest, and most efficient ways to write, run, and publish Windows Powershell scripts and modules. But, our starting point is always how people work now. We were curious about how PowerShell scripters, including managers, ran scripts, and how their employees ran scripts written for them. To gather this information, […]
PowerShell GUI Apps: Why think in events?
Always committed to starting the New Year right, I’m heading to Scottsdale, Arizona on Tuesday, January 5 at 5:30 PM to meet with the newly revived Arizona PowerShell User Group. We’ll meet at the Microsoft Store in Scottsdale Fashion Square. (I will not be distracted by the Surface Pro 4 on display. I will not…) […]
How I learned to love DialogResult
This post discusses the DialogResult property of buttons, which often confuses beginning PowerShell GUI app designers. When I first started learning how to write PowerShell GUI applications, I thought of the DialogResult property of buttons as the “evil property.” What else would I think? If the DialogResult property of a button is set to any […]
Output from a Script in an Executable File
This is the fourth blog in a multi-part series about designing a Windows PowerShell script that will be packaged in an executable file. Passing Parameters to a Script in an Executable File explains how to use the special parsing features of PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript to make passing parameters easy for PowerShell users and authors. […]
Displaying Help for a Script in an Executable File
This is the third blog in a multi-part series about designing a Windows PowerShell scripts that will be packaged in an executable file. Passing Parameters to a Script in an Executable File explains how to use the special parsing features of PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript to make passing parameters easy for PowerShell users and authors. […]
Parsing Parameters for a Script in an Executable File
This is the second blog in a multi-part series about designing a Windows PowerShell script that will be packaged in an executable file. Passing Parameters to a Script in an Executable File explains how to use the special parsing features of PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript to make passing parameters easy for PowerShell users and authors. […]
Rewind: A Built-In Safety Net in PowerShell Studio
We just released the second video in our “Check out this feature” series, a series of short videos that focus on features you might have missed. Our first video, Function Builder in SAPIEN PowerShell Studio, demonstrated our awesome automation for function and parameter syntax. Our second video, Rewind in PowerShell Studio: A built-in safety net […]