Follow @juneb_get_help I’ve been using Windows PowerShell since the very first version of Monad in 2005, but PowerShell-based applications with a graphic user interface (GUI) are a whole new world. Instead of thinking of cmdlets and parameters or properties and methods, you need to think in object events. And because there’s no console with .ps1xml-directed […]
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Convince My Manager! PowerShell Studio 2015 Killer Features
Follow @juneb_get_help PowerShell scripters often send us requests for help and post them on our busy forums. None hits home with me like a request for help convincing a cash-strapped IT manager that they should buy professional tools, like PowerShell Studio, for their staff, because I’ve been in the same position. Importantly, this question almost […]
June Blender receives Microsoft MVP Award 2015
Microsoft Corporation presented its prestigious Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2015 award to June Blender, Technology Evangelist at SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. for her ‘outstanding contributions to PowerShell technical communities during the past year.’ June joins an auspicious group of 80+ technical leaders worldwide whose contributions are recognized by Microsoft. During her 17 years at Microsoft, […]
VersionRecall: The version control system you’ll really use
Follow @juneb_get_help Anyone who has lost their work — an hour’s worth or the work of many years — knows the pain. We also know that the solution is to install and then, to use, a version control system. But many version control systems are so complex that the time required to install them, set […]
Copy to Clipboard in a GUI Application
Follow @juneb_get_help During #PSBlogWeek, I shared with my co-authors a little GUI-based blogging tool that gets links to the online version of PowerShell help topics, including About topics. I didn’t think much of it, because it was my first GUI app, but I soon received a nice compliment from PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks with a […]
Adding auto-complete to an input textbox
Follow @juneb_get_help Well-designed user interfaces make it as easy as possible for the user to enter the right input in the right format. One of the most effective ways to help a user is to provide suggested input or automatically complete the input that the user begins to type. As a UI newbie, I thought […]
Advanced Help for Advanced Functions – #PSBlogWeek
Follow @juneb_get_help Writing help is often the last thing you do for an advanced function. But, instead of treating it as a disposable chore, write your help first — in advance — before you write your advanced function. Then, use the help as a design specification. The result is a better designed function and a […]
Writing XML Help for Advanced Functions
Follow @juneb_get_help The introduction of SAPIEN PowerShell HelpWriter has made writing XML help files as easy – actually easier – than writing comment-based help. XML help is more robust and less error-prone than comment-based help. It supports updatable help and help in multiple languages, and it lets you separate help files from script and modules […]
Hidden … sort of: The Hidden Keyword in PowerShell Classes
The Hidden keyword hides properties and methods (and other members, like events) in a PowerShell class. When a member is hidden, you can still view and change it, but the Get-Member cmdlet doesn’t display it without the Force parameter and the hidden members are not available to auto-completion features, such as PrimalSense and IntelliSense. You […]
Give us your real email address
We’re all justifiably nervous about privacy, both online and offline. We’re also trained to avoid advertising mailing lists, lest they fill our inbox with today’s latest sale on something we didn’t want in the first place. To dodge the ads, we often provide phony personal data, including phony email addresses, or email addresses to accounts […]
