PrimalScript has a long history of using InstallShield installers (since version 1.0). Having used one installer product since 1997 creates quite a history, so making a change was not an easy decision. With the next service build (5.0.621) PrimalScript 2009 will start to use the same Advanced Installer that all other SAPIEN products are currently […]
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PrimalForms 2009: New Packager STA Mode
Last month’s service build included a new addition to PrimalForms 2009’s packager: STA Mode (Single Thread Apartment), which allows you to perform operations that may have previously failed, such as accessing Window’s Clipboard. Some of you may have attempted to use the Clipboard in your forms only to encounter issues within PowerShell. For example, if […]
PrimalScript 2009 and Windows 7
Since the release of Windows 7 we have been getting a huge number of calls and emails asking if PrimalScript 2009 (and other SAPIEN software) is compatible with and supported under Windows 7. The short answer to that is: YES. All current versions of any of our products have been tested under Windows 7 and […]
Powershell Help 2.0 Community Edition
Our Powershell Help tool has been a favorite download for quite some time now. The built-in help command in the Powershell console is helpful if you need just some quick lookup, but for browsing and reading the console just isn’t good enough. The CHM file Microsoft released is a pretty nice graphical way of getting […]
He Gets Around!
CEO Ferdinand Rios is off to Columbus Ohio to speak at The Central Ohio PowerShell user group on 11/12/2009 at 6:30pm. Location: 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 phone: 614-675-3711 They will be discussing PowerShell Profiles. Dr. Rios will be presenting PrimalForms and how to create GUI interfaces in PowerShell. If you are in the […]
SAPIEN on Tour
Our own CEO Ferdinand Rios is going to be in Austin, Texas 11/6/2009. Dr. Rios will be speaking at The Central Texas Systems Management User Group (CTSMUG). This a community of IT Professionals that share a comment interest in Systems Management. It will be held at: Microsoft Corporation 9606 Mo-Pac Expressway Stonebridge Plaza, Building One, […]
Connecting PrimalSQL to MySQL 5.1
Many organizations use MySQL as the back end database to their web sites and other infrastructure operations. While MySQL offers its own set of GUI too for database management, using a generic database tool like PrimalSQL has several advantages, especially when operating in a mixed database environment. It is fairly simple to connect PrimalSQL to […]
PrimalPad Community Edition update
PrimalPad has been updated to recognize all PowerShell V2 keywords and cmdlets for syntax coloring. Check your Help -> About and look at the version number, if it’s not 1.0.13 you may want to head over to our Community Tools site and download it in your color and platform of choice.
Closing the Form: What you might expect and what really happens
Recently I was contacted by one of our PrimalForms users. He commented that the behavior of a script deviated from what he was expecting. He provided me with the following script block for the Button Click Event so that I could help clear up the confusion: $handler_button3_Click={ # Check that a logfile was specified. If […]
PrimalSQL: Querying a major update
Last month we released a major service update for PrimalForms 2009. This month we will release a major service update for PrimalSQL 2009*. What querying goodness will this update include? We made some major improvements to way PrimalSQL queries databases, as well as, a few other changes and additions. Users may experience improved query performance […]
