PowerShell Studio 2012: New Control Set Option
In the service release blog article we mentioned a new Control Set option for PowerShell Studio 2012 v3.0.4. In this article we will detail this option and how to use it. “Use Existing Type (Match...
View ArticleSingle form or multiple dialogs?
In this installment of our series about user interface design for administrators we explore the transformation of a command line script to a Windows application. We start with a simple little script as...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2012 Review
I stumbled upon the following review of PowerShell Studio 2012 and I thought I share it with our readers. The review was written by Robert C. Cain who according to his bio is a Microsoft MVP for SQL...
View ArticleSpotlight 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...
View ArticleWinForms 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...
View ArticleWindows 8, Windows Server 2012 and PowerShell V3
Some of you started sending us emails asking about support for the new versions of Windows as well as PowerShell version 3. Of course all current SAPIEN software will support Windows 8 and Server 2012...
View ArticleSAPIEN Returns to the PowerScripting Podcast
Join us live on the PowerScripting Podcast! Ferdinand Rios (Chief Executive Officer) and David Corrales (Lead for PowerShell Studio) will be discussing PowerShell Studio 2012, PrimalScript 2012 and...
View ArticleIntroducing the PowerShell Profile Editor
PowerShell’s profiles make setting up your work environment a bit easier, allowing you to pre-load your most common snapins or modules, define functions, set variables and whatever else you need on...
View ArticlePowerShell is HOT!
Microsoft is putting PowerShell at the front and center of Windows 8 and you (and your future career) need to be up to speed—NOW! This month, we are going to help you get there with a super collection...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2012: Form Recovery
Over time we have had various users who needed to alter the form but lost the original pff file. These users only had an exported GUI script. Naturally they would ask us if they could recover the...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio: New ProgressBar Control
In the last service release of PowerShell Studio 2012 (v3.0.8) a new custom control called ProgressBarOverlay was introduced. This new progress control functions exactly like the typical progress bar,...
View ArticleJoin SAPIEN at PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte on Sept. 15
Join Alex Riedel, CTO at SAPIEN Technologies, in Charlotte, NC, for a full day of PowerShell-ness! PowerShell Saturday #2 will take place on September 15 and will bring together 200 developers, network...
View ArticleWinForms Interactive Reference Guide for PowerShell
Not long ago we released the WinForms Control Reference for PowerShell. We have taken the Reference a step further by creating an interactive version! The Interactive Reference allows you to display...
View ArticleSpotlight 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...
View ArticlePowerShell V3 breakpoint bug
While we are adapting and verifying all our bits and pieces for PowerShell V3 and Windows 8, we sometimes stumble across little changes from PowerShell V2 behavior. Most of the time this is pretty...
View ArticlePowerShell V2 Bug Introduced After Installing V3
As some of you may know, we are working on updating our products to support PowerShell V3 and have been running various tests to ensure our software functions correctly. During this testing process we...
View ArticleYou have ONE day left to vote!
Show us the love by voting for us in the annual Community Choice awards of Windows IT Pro, SQLServer Pro and Dev Pro magazines. We are nominated in several categories and, if you haven’t voted yet, we...
View ArticleGet help for modules on other machines
When you develop scripts for other computers you don’t always have the luxury of installing the relevant modules on your own computer. In many cases they simply won’t install because you are running...
View ArticleDebugging multiple scripts with PrimalScript 2012
Debugging a simple script with a few lines is not a big deal, hit debug and step through it. Almost any PowerShell related editor can do that today. But what if you need to debug a complete system of...
View ArticleDebugging PowerShell modules with PrimalScript 2012
The latest service build of PrimalScript 2012 (6.5.132) makes debugging modules a bit easier. If you are developing a script module you most likely already have a script that exercises the various...
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