This is a question that has come up a lot lately. Our Script Packager used in PrimalScript 2009 and PrimalForms 2009 stores the scripts and additional data files encrypted and in some cases, compressed inside the executable.Some formats create temporary files and use the original Windows tool to run a script; others execute directly from […]
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PrimalForms 2009: Exported Script Formatting
In order to start the planning stages of the next version of PrimalForms, we decided to conduct a review the current version. After gathering user feedback on the subject, we concluded that the script formatting needed a makeover to make it easier for the users to read the final script. In order to address user […]
PrimalForms 2009: OnApplicationLoad Function
Recently on the forums we had a user who wanted to know why he couldn’t initialize the form controls within the OnApplicationLoad function. Seeing how this can result in some confusion, we would like to elaborate on the subject. The purpose of OnApplicationLoad is to initialize any dependencies necessary for your form script to run, […]
iPowerShell 2.0
Now that PowerShell has been upgraded to version 2.0, it is time for us to release an upgraded version of our well received iPhone app, iPowerShell. So what do we have in store for this version? Obviously, the first thing that we want to support are all of the new PowerShell cmdlets. Not only cmdlets, […]
PowerShell 2.0 and the missing debugging API
Anyone who has been hosting the PowerShell engine has eagerly anticipated the release of PowerShell 2.0 and the promised debugger API. The problem is though, that there isn’t much of an API. Sure, there is a Debugger object in the Runspace class, where you can sign up for debugger events, like breakpoints having been updated […]
Reminder: December survey
You can’t win if you don’t participate. Head on over to the survey and answer some easy questions to win cool prizes. Take the survey now (December 1st 2009 – December 31st 2009) You can find details about the prizes here: http://www.sapien.com/blog/2009/12/03/december-survey/
User Groups
Our first attempt at a SAPIEN tour was a great success! Do you have a user group you would like to have us visit? Contact Margaret@sapien.com and we will put you on the schedule for 2010.
PowerShell modules and PrimalScript’s Object Browser
The next service build of PrimalScript 2009 (5.0.622) will show registered modules in the object browser under the PowerShell node. Modules have not to be loaded by default to show in the browser, just like snapins they load on demand when you expand a node. This allows you to browse the registered modules on your […]
Extending PrimalSense for external PowerShell snapins
Getting PrimalSense for a COM object that you didn’t have installed on your development machine is fairly simple: Copy the TLB file (type library) to you machine, associate it to a progid and you are all set. With PowerShell Cmdlets it is not quite that easy. Say you have to use a snapin that is […]
Free Windows PowerShell ebook
With the recent release of Windows PowerShell v.2 and the immanent publication of our well regarded Windows PowerShell v.2 TFM book by Don Jones and Jeff Hicks, SAPIEN is releasing our Windows PowerShell v.1 TFM eBook as a FREE download to the public. Even though this eBook is for version 1 of PowerShell, the book […]
