As of August 1st 2008 every CD of PrimalScript 2007 Enterprise shipped will include a copy of our PowerShell 101 Class-On-Disc. To find out more about this title please look here: PowerShell 101 If you already own PrimalScript 2007 Enterprise you can order a replacement CD with PowerShell 101 from ScriptingOutpost.com Ordering will require a […]
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PrimalScript wins awards
It is with great pleasure that I can report that PrimalScript has once again been honored with two top magazine awards: the Redmond Magazine Reader’s Choice award for best scripting tool and the Windows ITPro Magazine Editor’s Best Award (silver) for scripting tools. It is great to be recognized by both the public and the […]
Resolved! Conflict between PrimalScript and PSCX
If you use PrimalScript and the PowerShell Community Extensions, you may have experienced a conflict between the two, especially if you are using the default PSCX profile. Thanks to PowerShell MVP Oisin Grehan for pointing out a fix: Look for the line in your Pscx installed $profile that says:Start-TabExpansionand comment it out with a #. […]
PowerShell and the Heisenberg Principle
While developing the PowerShell debugger for PrimalScript 2007 we tested with a large number of scripts. Pretty much anything we could lay our hands on. The following script was one of them. function AreArraysEqual($a1, $a2) { $enum1 = $a1.GetEnumerator() $enum2 = $a2.GetEnumerator() #"$enum1" while ($enum1.MoveNext() -and $enum2.MoveNext()) { if ($enum1.Current […]
ActiveXPoSH is now a free download
The ActiveXPoSH COM component released with PrimalScript 2007 Service build 566 is now available as a free download from SAPIEN.com For more details please review this document: ActiveXPoSH.pdf ActiveXPoSH is free for personal and commercial use. You can download the installer from here.
PrimalScript 2007 Build 567 released
PrimalScript 2007 Build 567 has been released. Please log on to http://my.sapien.com to get the latest download and try the new PowerShell debugger. To learn more about this service release, please have a look at our service bulletin at http://support.sapien.com/bulletins/SB567.pdf
Running PowerShell from PrimalScript
PrimalScript 2007, as many of you know, is configured by default to capture PowerShell output. Output is sent to the Output panel. However, there may be situations where you prefer to launch your script from PrimalScript but have it execute in an actual PowerShell session.
PowerShell Debugger included in the next service build
The upcoming service build for PrimalScript 2007 (Professional and Enterprise editions) will include a PowerShell debugger. For those of you who cant wait, here is a screenshot showing a sneak peek: http://www.primalscript.com/images/psnew/debuggershot.png It does support the usual functions you expect, Step In, Step Out, Step Over, Run to cursor, breakpoints, call stack, automatic variable view […]
TechEd 2008 Day 3
Day 3 –
Whew! That was intense! Its day three of Microsoft Tech-Ed and this morning was the big T-Shirt giveaway (part 2). While we had already handed out over 500 T-Shirts on Monday night, this morning was the last opportunity for attendees to get a t-shirt from us. So what, you ask? Well if an attendee is spotted wearing the SAPIEN Tech-Ed T-shirt at tonight’s attendee party at Universal Studios Theme park, they could win $1000 or any one of many fabulous prizes.
TechEd 2008 Day 2
Day 2…
I am actually writing this the morning of day 3, since yesterday left no time to sit down and write anything. It was a VERY busy day. The show floor was very busy. And although it was punctuated with occasional lulls, it was during those times that I was typically out of the booth speaking one-on-one with various people.
