We are happy to release the “WinForms Control Reference for PowerShell” guide. This guide provides you with a quick reference for the WinForm controls in PowerShell Studio. The document contains a list of all the important properties, methods, and events that you should be familiar with when creating GUIs in PowerShell. How can I […]
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Spotlight on the StatusBar Control
The “Spotlight on Controls” series focuses on a single WinForms control in PowerShell Studio 2012, details the important Properties, Methods, and Events of the control and demonstrates how to utilize the control. Most of the information about the controls is still applicable to previous versions of PrimalForms. Last time we took a look at the […]
Service Release (7/3/2012)
New versions of PrimalScript, PowerShell Studio, PrimalSQL, PrimalXML, and ChangeVue are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2012 v6.5.128 UPD: Remove CAPICOM dependency for signingADD: License file support PowerShell Studio 2012 v3.0.7 FIX: Minor Parsing IssuesUPD: License File handingADD: Extra PrimalSense support for Split-Path, Get-Module and […]
Getting started with PrimalScript 2012 (Part 1)
Jason Helmick from InterfaceTT strikes again with the first installment of his Getting started Guide for PrimalScript 2012. We are very happy that he keeps these coming and have added this guide to the Quick Guides section in our Document Explorer.The new guide is also available from the QuickGuides folder on our download site. Please […]
PowerShell Studio 2012 Review
I stumbled upon the following review of PowerShell Studio 2012 and I thought I share it with our readers. The review was written by Robert C. Cain who according to his bio is a Microsoft MVP for SQL and has been in the IT business for over 20 years. Arcane Code Review of PowerShell Studio […]
PrimalPad gets a 2012 refresh
Our “no installation required” PowerShell, VBScript and JScript editor got a 2012 face lift. Now sporting the becoming more commonplace ribbon interface, the new 2012 version is available for download from www.sapien.com/download in the “Community Tools” folder Available in 32 and 64 bit it joins the previous version rather than replacing it. So if you […]
Getting started with PowerShell Studio 2012 (Part 1)
Jason Helmick from InterfaceTT finalized the first installment of his Getting started Guide for PowerShell Studio 2012. We are very impressed with his work and have added this guide to the Quick Guides section in our Document Explorer.The new guide is also available from the QuickGuides folder on our download site. Please use the comments […]
Single form or multiple dialogs?
In this installment of our series about user interface design for administrators we explore the transformation of a command line script to a Windows application. We start with a simple little script as shown below: It just prompts for a computer name on the command line, uses that information for WMI query and outputs the […]
User interface design for administrators
This post is the first in a series describing some fundamental design guidelines. Software developers usually have some kind of training in designing user interfaces or they benefit from having a specially staffed department for this task. Administrator usually don’t have the time and don’t get paid to attend UI design classes or study on […]
PowerShell Studio 2012: New Control Set Option
In the service release blog article we mentioned a new Control Set option for PowerShell Studio 2012 v3.0.4. In this article we will detail this option and how to use it. “Use Existing Type (Match Name)” Option When creating a control set you now have a new option that you can apply to non-visual controls […]
