PrimalScript 2009 ships with a new Logon Script Wizard, generating VBScript code and providing easy customization. Most of the items are straight forward, like drive and printer shares. You can edit your Welcome message right there in the wizard and specify external command line tools to be executed. The section with the custom VBScript actions […]
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PrimalScript 2009 includes PowerShell Profile Manager
When you develop PowerShell scripts that are required to run on machines other than your own, you should test if they can survive without your specific environment. Your PowerShell profiles are such a dependency. Since you cannot always be sure what environment you will find on another machine, testing your scripts without your usual profile seems like […]
So when is PrimalScript 2009 being released?
The PrimalScript 2009 code is locked and loaded! We are just putting on some finishing touches and getting all of the “accoutrements” in place so that the purchase and upgrade experience is as smooth as possible. We will be doing our final testing of everything Valentine’s weekend and expect to go LIVE by Tuesday, Feb. 17th. PrimalScript 2009 is […]
Version control for System Administrators (Part 2)
In Part 1 I showed you how easy it is to set up ChangeVue 2009 and to add all your scripts to source control. In Part 2 you will learn how easy it is to make PrimalScript work seamlessly with version control and ChangeVue. The steps described here apply to just about any source control […]
Editing PrimalForms
I continue to play with PrimalForms and I know many of you are as well. I thought I’d share a few other techniques for creating scripts and moving between the code generated by PrimalForms and the script you create in PrimalScript. One technique that I’ve started using is to leverage PrimalScript’s snippet feature.
PrimalXML 2009 Ready for Beta
PrimalXML is now available for beta testing as part of our 2009 lineup of new tools. PrimalXML is the must have tool for the user who needs to interact with XML but isn’t necessarily an expert XML developer. PrimalXML document formatting and color coded syntax makes XML viewing and editing even easier. At the touch […]
Version control for System Administrators (Part 1)
1. Setting up ChangeVue 2009 Software developers have been using Source Code Control Systems for quite some years now. Most people involved with any kind of electronic files or document have a kind of ad-hoc version control usually using some file naming scheme. Something like: InfrastructureOct2007.doc InfrastructureJan2008.doc InfrastructureMar2008.doc Many administrators though, have stayed away from […]
Does PrimalScript 2009 support PowerShell V2?
We are getting lots of email asking this one question. PrimalScript’s PowerShell support was designed to use whatever version is installed from the very beginning. So all Cmdlets, their parameters, the online help, tooltips etc are always up to date. So if you don’t see a specific service build to support this or that particular […]
Script Packager packs new features.
PrimalScript 2009’s Script Packager contains two new target executables and easier manifest handling. The increasing popularity of PowerShell and the large numbers from the PrimalForms download prompted us to add dedicated targets to PrimalScript’s Script packager: These two new options allow you to package your PowerShell script into a stand-alone exe file. When executed, this […]
What is a Source Code Control System?
One of the tools SAPIEN will release in February 2009 is ChangeVue 2009, our very own Source Code Control System. Software developers are usually familiar with this type of application, but system and network administrator are not always aware of the benefits of this type of tool. In the following post I will attempt to […]
