In the spirit of the season, SAPIEN is giving out Christmas gifts to everyone who purchases PrimalScript or PrimalForms from now until December 24th! We have 3 different gifts for you for the month of December. Purchase PrimalScript or PrimalForms and receive a $20 iTunes gift card FREE! Purchase PrimalScript Studio and receive an iPod Shuffle […]
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SAPIEN Newsletter
In order to help de-clutter your inbox, SAPIEN will be changing the frequency of its newsletter to a quarterly delivery. To keep you informed of our monthly specials, news, and announcements, we will be publishing that content on our blog. December 2010 brings us closer to the release of PrimalScript 2011. If you purchase PrimalScript […]
Feature Peek 2011: Track Changes
Users of Microsoft’s Visual Studio have known this feature for a few versions: Anytime you edit a line in your code an indicator in the left border of the window marks the line as changed. Once you save the file, the indicator turns green, signaling that the changes to this line have been saved. Obviously […]
RSEE and security
We have received a couple requests in the last few days to explain the security implications of using our Remote Script Execution Engine (RSEE). The RSEE service must be installed on a target machine and uses a configurable tcp/ip port to listen for incoming script execution requests from a PrimalScript instance. Another port is used […]
Introducing downloads.sapien.com
Making downloads available and easy to find is not always as simple as it may seem. Over time, web sites grow, locations for downloads get fragmented, sometimes you will find different versions in different areas. Right now, you download our trial software from primaltools.com, our free tools from another location there. Registered users download from […]
Announcing PrimalScript 2011
Since the announcement of PrimalForms 2011 we have received quite a number of inquiries about the next generation of PrimalScript. So without further delay, yes, there will also be a 2011 version of PrimalScript. We have analyzed all the input we have received from you, our users, during the past two years and worked […]
Windows PowerShell V2 Training
The next class for Windows PowerShell training has been scheduled!
Back from Tech-Ed: Can I read your e-books on my iPad or iPhone?
SAPIEN Press e-books are currently formatted as PDF files. Therefore, any PDF reader should be able to display our files so that you can read them. Of course, depending on your device, “your milage may vary.” Let’s take a look at how the Apple iPad handles our e-books. The Apple iPad has a 9.7″ (diagonal) […]
Back from TechEd: Is PowerShell more secure than VBScript?
The ILOVEYOU virus in the year 2000 gave Windows Script Host a bad rep because it simply executed every script you double clicked on. Now, mind you, I personally think that was much more the fault of the email clients that indiscriminately executed every attachment without hesitating and the users who where too infatuated with […]
Reminder: Backup survey
This is a reminder for our current survey about Backup and Version Control. Please click here to participate: 2010 Backup Survey Enter your email in the survey to win cool prizes. Your responses will help determine what features get added and what gets cut from PrimalScript 2011 and PrimalForms 2011, so don’t hesitate.