Today we release a new build of PowerShell Studio 2016 and it includes some major changes and new features. Project Changes and Compatibility IMPORTANT: This build will convert your projects and create a backup of the original (*.psproj.bak). The new project version is not backwards compatible with older builds of PowerShell Studio. We made […]
Tag: Performance
Status Indicators with PowerShell and PolyMonRT
In my last Mr. Roboto column, I wrote about the open source project, PolyMonRT. I recently suggested it to someone as a solution, especially because PolyMonRT supports PowerShell as a provider. My friend wanted to use the status light indicator to show when a particular service was running or not. Basically Green is good and Red is not. It tool a little fiddling on my part but I came up with the process.
Winforms and Timers
There’s been some discussion lately in the SAPIEN product forums about PrimalForms and timers. As you know, PowerShell v1.0 is essentially single-threaded. This generally means that timers and asynchronous code won’t work. But you can use a simple timer in a Windows form. Here’s an example of how you might use such a timer.