It’s a good news, bad news thing. The good news is that the Mayans were apparently great at calculating dates. The bad news is they calculated that the end of the world is December 21, 2012. Yeah, that’s tomorrow! Of course, we don’t believe in such things but, just in case, we are having a […]
Tag: PrimalScript
Using GIT, Subversion and Mercurial with PrimalScript 2012
For quite some time we have been asked to add support for the aforementioned version control systems to PrimalScript. But every time we looked into it, the API changed or the preferred system du jour changed. We didn’t want to add support for too many API’s that get potentially outdated fast. But most importantly, many […]
Reference highlighting in PrimalScript 2012
You have asked for it, here it is. With this new service build of PrimalScript 2012 (6.5.136) you get reference highlighting. For those of you not familiar with this functionality, read on. Basically if you double click on an identifier, be it a function, variable, member etc. that identifier gets selected. Nothing exciting about that. […]
Service Release (11/19/2012)
New versions of PrimalScript 2012 and PowerShell Studio 2012 are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2012 v 6.5.135: UPD: PowerShell Help ContentUPD: Disabled Add / Remove Breakpoints during V3 debugging in response to known PowerShell Bug.UPD: Drag and Drop from 64Bit System32 folder now maps to […]
Revisiting The Packager and Command Line Arguments
The original The Packager and Command line Arguments blog article discussed how to pass parameters to a packaged executable. In this article we will revisit this subject and update the functions introduced in the previous article. The article will also cover how to simulate the packager parameters so that you can test your script without […]
Join SAPIEN at PowerShell Saturday in Alpharetta on October 27
Join Ferdinand Rios, CEO of SAPIEN Technologies, in Alpharetta, Georgia, for a full day of PowerShell-ness! PowerShell Saturday #3 will take place on October 27 and will bring together 200 developers, network administrators, and IT professionals for 15 intense sessions on hot PowerShell-related topics such as PowerShell and WMI, Windows 8, SQL Server, and Exchange […]
LOST! The forgotten features, Part II
Sometimes we get so used to how software works that we just miss if anything works differently. I am amazed to how many users I talk who have never noticed this feature in PrimalScript, even though it has been there since 2.0… In case you don’t remember, that was in the year 2000. I hope […]
PowerShell V3 support
Just in case you missed it. With the latest service builds of PrimalScript 2012 and PowerShell Studio 2012 we added support for PowerShell V3. PrimalScript 2012 version switch PowerShell Studio 2012 version switch As you can see it’s pretty easy to switch which version you want to develop for, just press a button. […]
Developing PowerShell scripts for other machines (Part 2)
Yesterday we showed you how to export the cache information on a remote machine. Today we go through the steps to actually use that information. Remember that we exported the cache file on that Windows 2008R2 machine as “WIN2008R2TESTVM.CacheExport”. Let’s assume we put that file on the desktop of your local machine. Now fire up […]
Developing PowerShell scripts for other machines (Part 1)
One of the challenges you face while developing any PowerShell script is that modules that reside on your target platform are not available on your local computer. Just as an example, try installing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 modules on your 32 bit Windows XP/Vista/7/8 machine. It just won’t work. PrimalScript 2012 and SAPIEN PowerShell Studio 2012 […]
