Follow @juneb_get_help PowerShell scripters often send us requests for help and post them on our busy forums. None hits home with me like a request for help convincing a cash-strapped IT manager that they should buy professional tools, like PowerShell Studio, for their staff, because I’ve been in the same position. Importantly, this question almost […]
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PowerShell Studio 2015: Enhancements for Debugging
In the last service release v4.2.86 we introduced some new enhancements to help improve your debugging experience. New Variables Panel Context Menu We added a new context menu to the Variables Panel that allows you to: Add To Watch – Adds the selected variable to the Watch Panel. Query in Debug Console – Runs […]
Why does this button close my form?
Have you ever copied a button and found that when a user presses it, the form closes immediately afterwards? We are here to answer: Why does this button close my form? The reason the form closes is that the Button control’s DialogResult property is set to a value other than None. This property tells the […]
WMI Explorer 2015 gets a PowerShell console
With the latest service build WMI Explorer 2015 has received an integrated Windows PowerShell console. While previous versions had the ability to execute generated PowerShell code in a console, experimentation with that code was not possible because PowerShell does not include the commands passed as arguments to the console in the history. With this new […]
Copy to Clipboard in a GUI Application
Follow @juneb_get_help During #PSBlogWeek, I shared with my co-authors a little GUI-based blogging tool that gets links to the online version of PowerShell help topics, including About topics. I didn’t think much of it, because it was my first GUI app, but I soon received a nice compliment from PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks with a […]
PowerShell Studio 2015 – Updated Control Sets
In the v4.2.85 service release of PowerShell Studio 2015, we updated a few of the predefined control sets. Updated Control Sets: Button – Run Process now includes the Process Tracker framework, so you no longer have to include the Form – Process Tracker control set. Button – Start Job now includes the Job Tracker […]
PowerShell Studio 2015 – Editing Script Parameters
If you have used PowerShell Studio’s Function Builder chances are probably you wished it could edit your script parameters. Now it can. With the v4.2.85 service release of PowerShell Studio 2015 we introduced the new Parameter Builder. Parameter Builder: Those familiar with the Function Builder will recognize the similarities between the two tools, with the […]
PowerShell Studio 2015 – New Collection Project deployment options
With release of the v4.2.83 build of PowerShell Studio 2015, we introduced new features that we are covering in detail over a series of articles. PowerShell Studio 2014 introduced the new Collection Project: https://www.sapien.com/blog/2014/07/29/powershell-studio-2014-collection-project/ The Collection Project simply groups various files without creating a single script as in a normal project and each script file […]
PowerShell Studio 2015 – New FolderBrowserModernDialog Control
With release of the v4.2.83 build of PowerShell Studio 2015, we introduced new features that we are covering in detail over a series of articles. This next new feature was also added in response to user feedback. This particular user wanted to use the modern version of the folder browser dialog that is available in […]
PowerShell Studio 2015 – New Navigation Bar
With release of the v4.2.83 build of PowerShell Studio 2015, we introduced new features that we are covering in detail over a series of articles. The second major feature included in this release is: The Navigation bar The new navigation bar, located above the editor, allows you to jump between functions, workflows, events and more. […]
