Last time we told you about some new debugger features in PrimalScript 2012. And you already know all about the new Ribbon user interface this new version sports. One thing that we were really focused about in this version was to make navigating your code easier. Since there is no “PrimalSense” toolbar anymore the method […]
Tag: VBScript
PrimalScript 2012: What’s new? (Part 6)
VBScript users have told me on occasion that they are really jealous of one feature of PowerShell: Write-Debug Depending on the value of $DebugPreference this produces output when needed but makes it easy to silence diagnostic output once a script moves to production. VBScript and JScript developers have to sprinkle WScript.Echo calls through their code […]
How safe are credentials in script packages?
We get that question all the time. Before we start, please note that we do not advise to ever put credentials as plain text into any kind of code. Use encrypted strings, store encrypted credentials in files or, if all else fails, prompt. Now, having said that we all know that sometimes schedules and pressure […]
Announcing – PrimalScript 2012
PrimalScript has been the premiere Scripting Integrated Development Environment since its introduction in 1998. With each iteration more functionality and more language support has been added and it has become more and more powerful. But with great power comes great responsibility; the responsibility to keep the product fresh and maintaining ease of use. Introducing PrimalScript […]
2012 Is The Year Of PowerShell—Are You Ready?
You really need to make PowerShell your top New Year’s Resolution because 2012 is *the* year of PowerShell. Microsoft is putting it front and center in its Windows Management Framework 3.0 which is due sometime in 2012. And you need to be ready for it. Sure, you need to put exercise and a good diet […]
Why is there a shield on my icon?
If you package your script with PrimalScript’s or PrimalForm’s packager you have the option of including a manifest. This manifest can be used to make your executable file prompt for elevation when executed. It’s easy to spot the difference between an application that will prompt for elevation and one that does not by looking at […]
PrimalPad gets a 2011 upgrade
PrimalPad gets upgraded with code folding, new languages and the ability to run scripts. With this new 2011 version of the ever popular Notepad replacement you get support for code folding in VBScript, JScript and PowerShell. Because some of you asked nicely, we also added SQL and Python to the languages supported by PrimalPad’s syntax […]
VBScript Video Training Available as a Download
We released our PowerShell Video Training as a download and the response was overwhelming! Once again, you asked for it, you got it! Our VBScript Video Training set is now available as a download! This is the perfect way to learn VBScript with these self-paced videos. Each set contains our VBScript 101, VBScript 201, VBScript […]
Benchmarking Scripts: Strings
The latest build of PrimalScript 2011 has a new little toy built in. If you run a script from within PrimalScript, it will time the execution and print the elapsed time after the script has finished in the output window. While this isn’t exactly a profiler of any kind, it can be helpful to evaluate […]
Feature Peek PrimalScript 2011: Debugging with arguments
Many of the scripts you develop use command line arguments to specify data that needs to be passed to the script. In a production environment these parameters usually change for each invocation of a script. For debugging however most developers use a fixed set of test parameters for any given script, which allows you to […]
