PowerGadgets are PowerCool

As Windows PowerShell speeds towards its release date (soon,we all hope!), third parties are starting to come out in force with add-ins.Obviously, PrimalScript is near and dear to my heart personally, butthere’s lots more. For example, check out www.powergadgets.com, a companyproducing graphical widgets – meters, graphs, gauges, maps, and so forth– that integrate into …

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Funky times with Write-Host and Out-Host

As you know, things aren’t always what they seem in WindowsPowerShell. Take this short script:

 

"PART 1 ————"

"Hello1"

out-host -input "Hello2"

write-host "Hello3"

 

Function TestFunc {

  "Function1"

  Out-Host -input"Function2"

  Write-Host "Function3"

  Return "Function4"

}

 

"PART 2 ————"

$out = TestFunc

 

"PART 3 ————"

$out

 

The output of the …

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PowerShell Book: Almost Here!

Windows PowerShell: TFM™ (byJeffery Hicks and myself) went “gold code” today! We shipped themanuscript off to the indexing service for them to generate the index… wejust need to finalize the cover (which is based on the page count so that thespine is the correct size) and start cutting down trees (sorry, no ebookversion).

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PowerShell Community Extensions

The PowerShell Community Extensions – an add-in set ofcmdlets for data conversion, working with the Clipboard, and stringmanipulation, have been released in their first version at http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=PowerShellCX.Be sure to check them out!

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