Similar to the enhanced SQL support, PrimalScript 2009 provides enhanced WMI and WQL support. WMI is an important tool in the administrators arsenal. It allows you to accomplish many tasks, local and remote with very little effort. However, the sheer number of WMI classes and their properties can be overwhelming and make it sometimes hard […]
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SQL Live
PrimalScript 2009 sports a modified version of the Query results window you know from the 2007 version. Instead of just being able to run SQL queries from a SQL file you can just type queries in the provided combo-box: The combo-box of course is there to keep a history of your queries so you don’t […]
A helping of objects
Let’s face it, virtually nobody can memorize the entire .NET framework, all PowerShell Cmdlets, every COM object and every WMI class. We all need to look things up. Usually you use the MSDN library online or locally or, if you are like me, you let Google sort out what the best place to look is. […]
PowerShell WMI Wizard
If you are a long time PrimalScript user, you know that it has always had support and wizards for WMI. The upcoming PrimalScript 2009 adds some new WMI features. But I like to tinker, especially with PowerShell. So I created a simple PowerShell script that creates an expression using Get-WMIObject. Think of it as a PowerShell WMI Wizard script.
Shell me, Bash me
In the last blog posts you have already seen that PrimalScript 2009 will have an integrated PowerShell command window. With PowerShell storming the charts, command line environments experience a bit of a renaissance. From a script development perspective it makes perfect sense to have a prompt ready in order to try out a command. If […]
More missed features
On our beta survey we ask for the ONE feature users wish for, if any. Here is another great example of how sometimes you can miss a thing. A participant in this survey wrote “A second window (viewport) to the file similar to Excel.” Now, I don’t really remember when we started having that, I […]
Objects at Rest
Snippets in PrimalScript have always been easy to use. For instance, typing the name of a snippet and immediately pressing Ctrl-J, inserts the named snippet at the caret location. You can also drag a snippet from the snippet browser and drop it in the edit window at any location of your choosing. Creating a snippet […]
Upgrade policies
Now that PrimalScript 2009 has been announced we get plenty of emails asking what the upgrade policy is. So I’ll answer as many questions as I can today: 1. Free upgrades: – If you bought PrimalScript 2007 (any edition) on or after November 1st 2008 you will get a free upgrade. This free upgrade […]
It’s in the service builds.
In our current beta tester survey we included the following question: “Last but not least, if there is ONE feature you could convince us to add, what would that be?” One user replied that he would like PrimalSense for PowerShell parameters as soon as he types a – character and that already used parameters are […]
Objects in motion
Writing scripts to automate administrative tasks can be challenging. Not only do you need to master the particular scripting language you intend to use, you also need to find the right object and technology for the task at hand. PrimalScript 2009 makes the development cycle of Discovery – Experimentation – Implementation that most script authors […]
