Archive for the ‘Howto’ Category
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
I hope you've been playing with the free PrimalForms tool and started creating some useful PowerShell tools. Here's a technique you might want to explore if you are using PrimalScript. If you've used the PrimalScript for awhile you likely are aware of the script packaging feature. You can use it to package your PowerShell scripts into an EXE file. Remember though, PowerShell needs to be installed wherever you may want to execute your package. But once packaged, launching the file will display your WinForm based script. Let me show you some ways to leverage script packaging and PowerShell scripts.
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Tags: powershell, PrimalForms, PrimalScript, scripting, Winforms
Posted in Free Tools, General, Howto, PrimalTools, VBScript, Windows PowerShell | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
I hope you are as excited about the release of PrimalForms as I am. In the past creating a Windows form in PowerShell was a very tedious task and one I rarely used except for the most simplest of forms. No more. The free PrimalForms tool lets me create a very rich Windows form using a WYSIWYG editor. I can export the form to a file, add my PowerShell code and call it a day.
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Tags: powershell, PrimalForms, scripting, WinForm, wmi
Posted in General, Howto, Windows PowerShell | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
In the versions of PrimalScript that support PowerShell, you've likely executed your PowerShell scripts completely within the editor. You can configure the editor to capture the output to a tab or to new PowerShell session. But did you know you don't have to run the entire script?
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Tags: powershell, PrimalScript, SAPIEN, Tip
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Friday, October 10th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
I'll be adding yet another writing gig to my portfolio. This time I'll be contributing a bi-weekly blog column at TurboChargeAD.org. The site is run by Quest Software with contributions from many members of the IT Pro and PowerShell community that you are likely familiar with like Don Jones, Brandon Shell, and Darren Mar-Elia, to name a few.
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Tags: Active Directory, powershell, Quest, TurboChargeAD
Posted in Howto, Windows PowerShell | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
I'd like to think that Primalscript's Snippets feature is one of its more well known features, but I think I take it for granted. Primalscript ships with a large number of language specific snippets that you can freely incorporate into your work. Depending on your configuration, you may or may not see the Snippets browser panel on the left side of the IDE. If you can't find it, go to View - Browser Panels and select Snippets Browser.
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Tags: PrimalScript, SAPIEN, scripting, Snippet
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
This is the first of an open-ended series of short tips on using PrimalScript. If you've ever used the product you know there are a wealth of features. I want to devote some blog time periodically to show-off some feature you may not have been aware of or a quick tip to use the product more efficiently. If you don't have a copy of PrimalScript, you can download a 45 day evaluation copy from PrimalScript.com.
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Tags: PrimalScript, SAPIEN, scripting
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
The other day I showed you how to use ADSI and PowerShell to manage services on remote computers. Since the ADSI type adapter is admittedly "kludgy" at times, I put together a script that you could use like a cmdlet to retrieve service information via ADSI.
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Tags: ADSI, powershell, scripting, Service
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Monday, September 29th, 2008 by Alex Riedel
Browsing through some forum or newsgroup recently I noticed that the task of getting or setting file or folder ownership is not trivial from a…
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