Recently a blog post titled Charting with PowerShell was brought to my attention. The blog article demonstrates how to create graphs in PowerShell using WinForms. After reading this article, I thought it would be much easier to have the option to visually design your charts instead of coding it by hand. Therefore in the last […]
Tag: Winforms
Tic Tac Plebius: A PowerShell Game
In order to celebrate the release of PrimalForms 2011, I’m releasing a game I created called: Tic Tac Plebius Just as the name suggests, the game is based on Tic Tac Toe, but with a SAPIEN twist. For those of you who are not familiar with Plebius, he is our beloved Super Scripting Monkey mascot. […]
Does PrimalForms use WPF?
We have been asked this question several times. Does PrimalForms use WPF? For those of you who are not familiar with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), it is Microsoft’s new graphical interface that uses DirectX and your graphics card to render the Window controls. The short answer is: No. But often we ask in return: Is […]
Back From TechEd: Why should I use PowerShell to create Windows Forms Applications?
There was a lot of interest about PrimalForms during this year’s TechEd. Rumor has it the Microsoft PowerShell Team even demonstrated PrimalForms in one of their presentations. We were very happy to talk to with our users during the show. One of the questions we were asked was: Why should I use PowerShell to create […]
Feature Peek 2011: Queries and Grids in 1, 2, 3
A new feature in PrimalForms 2011 is the Database Browser which makes creating queries in PowerShell GUIs as easy as 1, 2, 3: Click here to view a video of the Database Browser! 1. Create a Database Connection or open an existing connection Fig 1: Create New Database Connection button 2. Use the Database Browser […]
Win a Pass to Tech-Ed 2010 in New Orleans
SAPIEN Technologies is going to Tech Ed 2010 in New Orleans, June 7th-10th! We would love to see you there, so we are giving away three Tech-Ed passes! This includes one all-inclusive pass worth $2000, and two show floor only passes worth $500 each. All you need to do to qualify for this fantastic giveaway […]
PrimalForms 2009: Exported Script Formatting
In order to start the planning stages of the next version of PrimalForms, we decided to conduct a review the current version. After gathering user feedback on the subject, we concluded that the script formatting needed a makeover to make it easier for the users to read the final script. In order to address user […]
PrimalForms 2009: OnApplicationLoad Function
Recently on the forums we had a user who wanted to know why he couldn’t initialize the form controls within the OnApplicationLoad function. Seeing how this can result in some confusion, we would like to elaborate on the subject. The purpose of OnApplicationLoad is to initialize any dependencies necessary for your form script to run, […]
Closing the Form: What you might expect and what really happens
Recently I was contacted by one of our PrimalForms users. He commented that the behavior of a script deviated from what he was expecting. He provided me with the following script block for the Button Click Event so that I could help clear up the confusion: $handler_button3_Click={ # Check that a logfile was specified. If […]
PrimalForms 2009: Integrated Help
PrimalForms 2009 features integrated help to assist users with their form scripting. This blog covers some of its features. Help Documentation: (Fig 1: Click on the Help button or press F1 key to access the help documentation.) PrimalForms allows users to access help on any panel or window simply by pressing the F1 key. Depending […]
