Let’s look at some of the new features you will find in PowerShell Studio 2014’s editor. Improved Syntax Coloring One of the first editing features you might have noticed in PowerShell Studio 2014 is the improved syntax coloring. Parameter Attributes and Type Coloring: PowerShell Studio will now color parameter attributes and types when valid: External […]
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From script to server – Deploying solutions with PrimalScript 2014 (Part 2)
Last time we looked at the new packager options in PrimalScript 2014. You can find the article here: http://www.sapien.com/blog/2014/03/25/from-script-to-server-deploying-solutions-with-primalscript-2014-part-1 If you look at the deploy tab again, you see an installer group that was not an option in any of the previous PrimalScript versions This new feature allows you to wrap your scripts, packaged executables, […]
Microsoft Windows 8.1 breaks version API.
If we need to check what Windows version a PowerShell script run on, we usually use a statement like this: So imagine our surprise when we saw what happens when you run this as a script in PrimalScript: Instead of reporting the actual Windows version, it appears as if we are running in Windows 8 […]
Building PowerShell GUI Solutions
The second leg of SAPIEN’s Building PowerShell GUI Solutions world tour is complete. This trip took us to Dallas, Raleigh and to New York City for the NY Techstavaganza. We had a great time showing PowerShell users how to create great GUI interfaces for their PowerShell scripts, and how to use PowerShell Studio 2014 to create […]
PowerShell Studio 2014: What New in the Designer?
In the previous article we mentioned the new Designer Tab: The new Designer tab helps make the GUI designer easier to discover and use. Each of the editing commands is spelled out and the Preview GUI button is more prominent. For those who are not familiar with the Preview command, it allows you to view […]
From script to server – Deploying solutions with PrimalScript 2014 (Part 1)
If you take a look at the new 2014 version of PrimalScript you will discover a new tab on the ribbon interface: “Deploy” This tab combines three major stepping stones for deploying your scripting solutions: 1. The Script Packager that you all know from previous versions of PrimalScript. Of course this wouldn’t be much of […]
PowerShell.org: New tools in my toolbox
The Jason Helmick over at PowerShell.org wrote an interesting article about his PowerShell toolbox: New tools in my toolbox! In the article, he mentions PrimalScript, PowerShell Studio and VersionRecall 2014: “I’ve used PrimalScript for a very long time and I admit I’m a fan of SAPIEN Technologies. They have earned my respect over the years […]
VersionRecall 2014 released.
We are proud to announce that VersionRecall 2014 has been released and is now available for download from our web site at http://www.sapien.com/software/versionrecall. If you have been evaluating the community preview version, please make sure to read all the way down so you catch the new features that have been added. If you have not […]
SAPIEN’s PowerShell Tools On Tour
SAPIEN is taking the show on the road! Starting February 2014 and continuing through November 2014, SAPIEN will be talking about and demo-ing its new and updated PowerShell related tools around the globe. Our currently confirmed dates and locations are below: February 8 – PowerShell Saturday – Charlotte, NC February 10 – New York PowerShell […]
Spotlight on the ToolTip Control
The Spotlight on Controls series describes the controls, that is, the objects in the System.Windows.Forms namespace, so you can use them effectively when building GUI apps in PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript. Each post focuses on one control and lists its most important properties, methods, and events, including the default event that PowerShell Studio adds to […]