In this installment of our series about user interface design for administrators we explore the transformation of a command line script to a Windows application. We start with a simple little script as shown below: It just prompts for a computer name on the command line, uses that information for WMI query and outputs the […]
Category: PowerShell Studio 2012
User interface design for administrators
This post is the first in a series describing some fundamental design guidelines. Software developers usually have some kind of training in designing user interfaces or they benefit from having a specially staffed department for this task. Administrator usually don’t have the time and don’t get paid to attend UI design classes or study on […]
PowerShell Studio 2012: New Control Set Option
In the service release blog article we mentioned a new Control Set option for PowerShell Studio 2012 v3.0.4. In this article we will detail this option and how to use it. “Use Existing Type (Match Name)” Option When creating a control set you now have a new option that you can apply to non-visual controls […]
PowerShell Studio 2012: Service Release (v3.0.4)
A new version of PowerShell Studio 2012 is now available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PowerShell Studio 2012 v3.0.4 FIX: Duplicate nodes after renaming a function in the Function Explorer FIX: File association “Open with PrimalForms”FIX: Issue where the editor wouldn’t use the font size after moving font […]
SAPIEN at Tech-Ed 2012
Once again, SAPIEN will be in attendance at Tech-Ed 2012, this year held in Orlando from June 11th – 14th. If you are going to be there, look for us at booth 1748. This year, we will be focussing on our Powershell related products: PrimalScript 2012, PowerShell Studio 2012 and iPowerShell Pro. PrimalScript 2012 […]
PowerShell Studio: Creating Responsive Forms
When working with GUIs you may have noticed that the Form can freeze when running long scripts. Previously I discussed how to make your loops more responsive in this article, but not every long script comes in the form of a loop. If you truly want to make your forms responsive, you will need to […]
Service Release (4/10/2012)
New versions of PrimalScript, PowerShell Studio, PrimalSQL, PrimalXML, PrimalForms and ChangeVue are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: 2012 Versions: PrimalScript 2012 v6.5.125 – VBScript debugger fails on 32 bit only machines– “Search again” renamed to “Repeat last search”– Encoding displayed for embedded VBScript file in WSF– Erroneous […]
Spotlight on the NotifyIcon Control
The “Spotlight on Controls” series focuses on a single WinForms control in PowerShell Studio 2012, 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 […]
PowerShell Studio 2012: What’s New? (Part 5)
Last time we looked at the new script editor features. Now we will take a look at the new Function Explorer as well as other additions. Function Explorer The new Function Explorer displays a list of all the functions and events within the current script file: If you are working within a Project, the available […]
PowerShell Studio 2012: What’s New? (Part 4)
Last time we looked at the new Control Sets. Now we will take a look at the new Script Editor features: Improved Syntax Coloring PowerShell Studio 2012 now colors cmdlet and functions parameters: Convert Cmdlet & Aliases Using the Context Menu or the Keyboard Shortcut you can convert your Cmdlets and Aliases. You can also […]
