March 19th is International PowerShell User Group Day and there are lots of PowerShell user group meetings going on during the month of March… In order to nudge you along into the rapidly-expanding world of PowerShell, we are offering a 25% discount off the purchase price of PrimalForms 2011 during the month of March. PrimalForms […]
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Technically Speaking
How well do you know PrimalScript or PrimalForms? Do you have the writing skills necessary to write a detailed technical manual for our products? If so, SAPIEN is looking for someone to write a clear, understandable and detailed manual for our products. We are really looking for people with significant writing experience, a good knowledge […]
Service Release (2/13/2012)
New versions of PrimalScript 2011, PrimalForms 2011, PrimalSQL 2011 and PrimalXML 2011 are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2011 v6.0.162 UPD: Installer changed to install debugger as shared componentFIX: Various installer fixesFIX: Minor enhancements and improvementsADD: Error message if database connection fails PrimalForms 2011 v2.0.20 […]
Convert PowerShell Scripts to GUI Applications
You have created the mother of all PowerShell scripts and spent endless hours honing its performance and catching error conditions. Now that you are rolling out this gem of a script to your users, you find out that they don’t take to the command prompt as you do. You have also found out that some others […]
iPowerShell goes PRO
iPowerShell, that MUST HAVE little iPhone/iPad PowerShell reference is going pro with the release of iPowerShell Pro today. The pro app includes a great many infrastructure changes and feature additions which set it up for major future enhancements as well. Here are just some of the changes/additions to iPowerShell Pro: Initial data can be downloaded […]
Service Release (1/19/2012)
New versions of PrimalScript 2011, and PrimalForms 2011 are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2011 v6.0.158 UPD: Misc. improvements and bug fixes.ADD: Manual chapters added to the Document Explorer PrimalForms 2011 v2.0.19 UPD: Inserts Default Assemblies if they are missingUPD: Spotlight Article ListFIX: Caching issues […]
Docking windows and tabbed views
All SAPIEN Software has docking panels of some kind or another. Combine a multi-tabbed environment like PrimalScript with docked multi-tabbed panels and it can get a bit overwhelming if you dragged your output windows somewhere by accident and can’t get it back to where you think it should be. Let’s look at the overall layout […]
2012 Is The Year Of PowerShell—Are You Ready?
You really need to make PowerShell your top New Year’s Resolution because 2012 is *the* year of PowerShell. Microsoft is putting it front and center in its Windows Management Framework 3.0 which is due sometime in 2012. And you need to be ready for it. Sure, you need to put exercise and a good diet […]
Why is there a shield on my icon?
If you package your script with PrimalScript’s or PrimalForm’s packager you have the option of including a manifest. This manifest can be used to make your executable file prompt for elevation when executed. It’s easy to spot the difference between an application that will prompt for elevation and one that does not by looking at […]
PrimalForms 2011: Spotlight on the ContextMenuStrip Control
The “Spotlight on Controls” series focuses on a single WinForms control in PrimalForms 2011 , 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 […]
