In the PowerShell Studio: Enable and Disable Groups of Controls article we discussed how you can enable or disable group of controls by setting the parent control’s Enable property. Now we will look at other properties that have a similar trickle down effect, but work fundamentally in a different fashion. For example, if you change […]
Category: PrimalForms
Spotlight on Controls: The Versatile Tag Property
You may not be aware that each WinForm Control has a Tag property which can be very useful in certain circumstances. Why use the Tag Property? Use the Tag property when you need to associate an object or store state information to a particular control. This ability to assign any object to the property, be […]
Jazz up your VBScripts with PowerShell and Windows Forms
Sure, you are supposed to write all new scripts in PowerShell. Some say you can replace any VBScript with a single line in PowerShell. But the truth is, many of you still have to maintain, develop and debug scripts written in VBScript. Some of our customers also have to maintain VBScript or JScript files that […]
PowerShell Studio: Enable and Disable Groups of Controls
If you follow the Spotlight on Controls series you might be familiar with the Enable property that is shared by all WinForms controls. This property allows you to disable controls so they no longer can be interacted with. For example, after pressing a button that triggers a Job, it is necessary to disable the button […]
Uncle SAPIEN Wants You!
To register your license key, that is. Did you purchase a license for our software, perhaps years and years ago, and never register it in your MySAPIEN account? You should, and there are some very valid and important reasons for doing so. If you don’t register your license, we probably do not know how to […]
Spotlight on the StatusStrip 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. Note: The StatusStrip control is only available for […]
WinForms Control Reference for PowerShell
We are happy to release the “WinForms Control Reference for PowerShell” guide. This guide provides you with a quick reference for the WinForm controls in PowerShell Studio. The document contains a list of all the important properties, methods, and events that you should be familiar with when creating GUIs in PowerShell. How can I […]
Spotlight on the StatusBar 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 […]
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: 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 […]
