One of my first tasks, after I was hired at SAPIEN, was to figure out why users couldn’t view WMI classes on remote computers and turn the solution into an easy-to-follow blog post. After completing that, I had to turn it into a script so that it was even easier to set up. Although I […]
Category: PowerShell
Setting up PowerShell on your Mac (Update!)
Now that PowerShell is available on the Mac, we thought it would be useful to show how easy it is to setup a Mac terminal session that automatically opens into PowerShell. Figure 1 shows what we mean. First you need to download the PowerShell macOS package from here (look for the Get PowerShell section in the README.md) and […]
HelpUri v. HelpInfoUri
Although the names are similar and often confused, these properties are different. If you confuse them, the help for your PowerShell commands and modules won’t work. The HelpUri property stores the URL (http or https) of online help for a command. It’s a property of commands (cmdlets, functions, workflows). When a user runs Get-Help -Online, […]
iPowerShell Changes: New platforms! Now FREE!
iPowerShell, our little iOS app, has come a long way over the years. It started out as simply a reference tool for PowerShell cmdlets, about_help and provider help. Over the years, we added YouTube videos, PowerShell Twitter posts, PowerShell Web Access, remote connectivity with PSWA and SSH, and a color coded editor. Today we […]
Writing Help for Dynamic Parameters
Because dynamic parameters can be added to a command from multiple sources, the command author (who writes the help) cannot predict the dynamic parameters that might be available at runtime. Therefore, Get-Help expects dynamic parameters to be documented in the help file for the code that adds the dynamic parameters; not the code that has […]
Starting a PowerShell User Group: An interview with Gary Barnes
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start a PowerShell user group? I did an interview with Gary Barnes, Software Development Engineer in Test, Portland, Oregon, who just started PDX PowerShell (@PDXPoShPUG), a PowerShell user group for Portland, OR, USA, and its suburbs, including Vancouver, WA. He has lots of great insights. […]
Write a Multi-Form PowerShell GUI App
Tested on: PowerShell 2.0+, PowerShell Studio 2016 This step-by-step example shows you how to create a very simple multi-form PowerShell GUI app. The app consists of a parent form that gets data from a child form and displays it. When you finish, you’ll know how to use the basic multi-form features of PowerShell Studio. For […]
Which Version Does Import-Module Import?
Applies to: Windows PowerShell 5.0.10586, 5.1.14385.0, PowerShellGet 1.0.0.1 The Import-Module cmdlet, the #Requires directive, and module auto-loading (PS 3.0+) all import modules into a PowerShell session. But, which modules do they import by default? It’s an important question when you are writing shared code that uses commands from other modules. And, the answer has become […]
Introducing the SAPIEN Information Center
Over the years, the articles in this blog have grown extensively. There’s a lot of valuable information in here, but it’s become hard to find because it’s mixed in with various tour announcements, special offers, conference recaps, and the like. So, we have decided to pull the important articles and place them—along with information relevant […]
PrimalScript 2016 service build adds CPU and memory performance graphs
The latest service build of PrimalScript 2016 (7.2.91) adds performance graphs for your scripts. To enable this feature you just need to make the “Performance” tab visible before you execute your script. Performance data can be collected on any script run from within PrimalScript as long as you enabled output redirection. That means this applies […]
