With the release of PrimalScript 2009 we have streamlined the product into one single version rather than three distinct editions. Many users have emailed us over the past few years, expressing that the standard IDE for script should always include all features and the we should make you, our customers, choose. Quite naturally after the […]
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PrimalScript 2009 released!
PrimalScript 2009 has been released and a 45 day trial version is available for download from http://www.primaltools.com! If you have not already done so, download the trial and take a look. It is chock-full of new features and improvements. If you have registered a previous copy of PrimalScript you can head to http://my.sapien.com and see what […]
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.
New Logon Script Wizard
PrimalScript 2009 ships with a new Logon Script Wizard, generating VBScript code and providing easy customization. Most of the items are straight forward, like drive and printer shares. You can edit your Welcome message right there in the wizard and specify external command line tools to be executed. The section with the custom VBScript actions […]
PrimalScript 2009 includes PowerShell Profile Manager
When you develop PowerShell scripts that are required to run on machines other than your own, you should test if they can survive without your specific environment. Your PowerShell profiles are such a dependency. Since you cannot always be sure what environment you will find on another machine, testing your scripts without your usual profile seems like […]
Version control for System Administrators (Part 2)
In Part 1 I showed you how easy it is to set up ChangeVue 2009 and to add all your scripts to source control. In Part 2 you will learn how easy it is to make PrimalScript work seamlessly with version control and ChangeVue. The steps described here apply to just about any source control […]
Editing PrimalForms
I continue to play with PrimalForms and I know many of you are as well. I thought I’d share a few other techniques for creating scripts and moving between the code generated by PrimalForms and the script you create in PrimalScript. One technique that I’ve started using is to leverage PrimalScript’s snippet feature.
Version control for System Administrators (Part 1)
1. Setting up ChangeVue 2009 Software developers have been using Source Code Control Systems for quite some years now. Most people involved with any kind of electronic files or document have a kind of ad-hoc version control usually using some file naming scheme. Something like: InfrastructureOct2007.doc InfrastructureJan2008.doc InfrastructureMar2008.doc Many administrators though, have stayed away from […]
Does PrimalScript 2009 support PowerShell V2?
We are getting lots of email asking this one question. PrimalScript’s PowerShell support was designed to use whatever version is installed from the very beginning. So all Cmdlets, their parameters, the online help, tooltips etc are always up to date. So if you don’t see a specific service build to support this or that particular […]
Script Packager packs new features.
PrimalScript 2009’s Script Packager contains two new target executables and easier manifest handling. The increasing popularity of PowerShell and the large numbers from the PrimalForms download prompted us to add dedicated targets to PrimalScript’s Script packager: These two new options allow you to package your PowerShell script into a stand-alone exe file. When executed, this […]
