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 […]
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New options for PowerShell packages
The latest builds of PrimalScript 2009, PrimalScript 2011, PrimalForms 2009 and PrimalForms 2011 contain a new option for running packages under different credentials. Just as the VBScript and JScript packages have done for some time now, the PowerShell engines now also offer to re-run themselves using the specified credentials. You could use elevation, which prompts […]
PrimalForms: Preventing Multiple Button Clicks
A problem you may face when creating Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) is preventing users from clicking a button multiple times. It is helpful for our users to learn how to handle this situation. In the following sample, we have a button that is disabled immediately when the button is pressed and then enabled at the […]
PrimalScript 2011 Service Build 6.0.141 available
The latest service build of PrimalScript 2011 (6.0.141) is now available from MySAPIEN for registered users. This build includes the following fixes since build 6.0.137: Display script execution time after script is terminated Enable run in shell and open appropriate shell as required if not visible Support OEM character set files for Batch and CMD […]
PrimalForms 2011 Service Build Release (v2.0.9)
A new service build of PrimalForms 2011 has been release. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalForms 2011 v2.0.9 – UPD: Improved Parameter PrimalSense parsing– UPD: Default Assemblies will now be added to Template Forms– UPD: Project Template Assemblies– UPD: Dialog Style Template. Anchored OK button and set the […]
Code pages, batch files and localization
PrimalScript 2011 treats everything as Unicode files, so when you open an ASCII file it will be converted to Unicode and then converted back to ASCII when saving. Any conversion to and from Unicode requires a code page, which tells the converter which characters get converted to what. The default Windows code page is 1252 […]
SAPIEN interview on PowerScripting Podcast
Come join us live on the PowerScripting Podcast! Alex Riedel (Chief Technology Officer) and David Corrales (Lead for PrimalForms) will be discussing PrimalForms 2011, PrimalScript 2011 and PowerShell. The live podcast will begin at 9:30 PM EST time, Wednesday June 29. http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/ Don’t miss it!
PrimalForms 2011: Spotlight on the CheckBox 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 […]
PrimalForms 2011: Spotlight on the ComboBox 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 […]
Spotlight on the TextBox Control
The Spotlight on Controls series describes the controls, that is, the objects in the System.Windows.Forms namespace, so you can use them effectively when building GUI apps in PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript. Each post focuses on one control and lists its most important properties, methods, and events, including the default event that PowerShell Studio adds to […]
