iPowerShell Pro V3 enables script editing and updating scripts on the server. We have a Script Management service that helps you edit, copy, move and delete scripts and folders that are on your servers through connected cloud services. Follow the steps below to connect to your cloud services and manage your scripts. First select the […]
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Changes are coming to the script packager
The Script Packager has been a key feature of PrimalScript for many years now. Devised originally in the Windows 2000 era, it has some features that simply are no longer relevant or applicable in modern Windows versions. As many of you know, the packager has the ability to self-extract data files and COM objects when […]
iPowerShell Pro: How to add videos
You can add any .mov, .mp4 and .m4v formatted videos to iPowerShell Pro such as the SAPIEN produced PowerShell video training series available at http://www.sapien.com/training by following the instructions below: Connect your device to iTunes. Select the device in the Devices section of the left column. Click on the “Apps” button at the top of […]
iPowerShell Pro: How to add manually generated Alias tables
iPowerShell Pro uses a simple text file for listing Aliases in the Alias module. Each entry is a single line. The “alias” comes first, followed by a space and the cmdlet name followed by a CRLF. Please use all lowercase for the filename. Examples are shown below: ? Where-Object ac Add-Content Save the file as […]
iPowerShell Pro: How to add manually generated About_Help files
The Powershell About Help file is a simple 80 character wide .txt file with a CRLF at the end of each line of text. Section names are typically all in caps and left justified. Section content is indented 4 spaces. Section names and content are separated by a single CRLF while sections are separated from […]
iPowerShell Pro: How to add manually generated help files
iPowerShell Pro uses two mandatory files to display cmdlet help: the PowerShell Help Formatted XML file and an automatically generated .index file. We also use three optional files: a user-generated .info file and two user created .png files. The .xml file (required) Properly formatted PowerShell Help files can be created manually using an XML editor […]
iPowerShell Pro: How to get your initial data sets
iPowerShell Pro initially ships without any cmdlets, etc. You should connect to Wi-Fi to download the initial data set, as the V3 cmdlet set is quite extensive and can take a couple of minutes to download. Downloading the data onto your device: Tap on the Cmdlets Service. You will be prompted to “Get Cmdlets”. Press […]
Spotlight on Controls: The Versatile Tag Property
You may not be aware that each WinForm Control has a Tag property which can be very useful in certain circumstances. Why use the Tag Property? Use the Tag property when you need to associate an object or store state information to a particular control. This ability to assign any object to the property, be […]
iPowerShell Pro: Sneak Peek Part 3
So if you read the previous post in this series, you’d know that we enable script editing and updates to scripts on the server. We also have a Script Management service that helps you edit, copy, move and delete scripts that are on your servers. First select the Cloud Service where your scripts are stored […]
But it works on my machine…
We have all heard that phrase. We have all faced that scenario. A script runs perfectly fine on your machine or any VM you have, but just refuses to do anything useful on that one server where it really matters. Error messages can be notoriously unhelpful. “Access denied”, yes, but to WHAT and WHY? And […]
