PrimalScript 2009 includes a nice new feature that helps out in the script development process. You can now select a block of code, right click, and choose Disable Code. This option will do three things to the selected block: it will comment out the selection, wrap the block in a “Disabled Code” region and collapse […]
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Start Me Up! The PrimalScript 2009 Start Page
So what’s the big deal with a start page? Well, for PrimalScript 2009, we have redesigned our start page to be more helpful and useful. The new start page is divided into 4 sections: Recently Edited Files, Recently Opened Files, Recently Opened Projects and Installed Products. Let’s take a closer look at these sections. The […]
WMI Live
Similar to the enhanced SQL support, PrimalScript 2009 provides enhanced WMI and WQL support. WMI is an important tool in the administrators arsenal. It allows you to accomplish many tasks, local and remote with very little effort. However, the sheer number of WMI classes and their properties can be overwhelming and make it sometimes hard […]
SQL Live
PrimalScript 2009 sports a modified version of the Query results window you know from the 2007 version. Instead of just being able to run SQL queries from a SQL file you can just type queries in the provided combo-box: The combo-box of course is there to keep a history of your queries so you don’t […]
PrimalScript 2009: Bracket Matching
PrimalScript 2009 includes some pretty nifty new bracket matching code to make your scripting life easier. Automatic bracket matching works for {}, [], (), and <>. Simply click the mouse just before an opening bracket or just after a closing bracket and the set will be highlighted. This bracket matching is in addition to the […]
A helping of objects
Let’s face it, virtually nobody can memorize the entire .NET framework, all PowerShell Cmdlets, every COM object and every WMI class. We all need to look things up. Usually you use the MSDN library online or locally or, if you are like me, you let Google sort out what the best place to look is. […]
PrimalScript 2009: File Differencing
PrimalScript 2009 includes a new integrated file difference tool that provides more information and syntax colored displays and allows for faster review of individual modifications. Let’s take a look at how this operates. To compare file differences, first open the files you want to view using the Tools | Compare Two Files menu option. Select […]
Shell me, Bash me
In the last blog posts you have already seen that PrimalScript 2009 will have an integrated PowerShell command window. With PowerShell storming the charts, command line environments experience a bit of a renaissance. From a script development perspective it makes perfect sense to have a prompt ready in order to try out a command. If […]
PrimalScript 2009 and SQL
PrimalScript 2009 has expanded its support for SQL in several major ways. Primary among these are the addition of SQL PrimalSense and the ability to edit and save stored procedures directly within a database. Let’s take a quick look at some of these new features. Before you can work with SQL, you should first create […]
More missed features
On our beta survey we ask for the ONE feature users wish for, if any. Here is another great example of how sometimes you can miss a thing. A participant in this survey wrote “A second window (viewport) to the file similar to Excel.” Now, I don’t really remember when we started having that, I […]
