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PowerShell Studio 2014: UI Changes
In the latest build of PowerShell Studio 2014 (v4.1.71) we made some UI changes to the Ribbon. Particularly the Home tab of the Ribbon: The most notable change is to the Run group. We changed the run...
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PowerShell Studio 2014: Editing Functions
We improved the Function Builder yet again! Man, when are you guys going to stop this? Never. With the 4.1.71 build of PowerShell Studio 2014, you now have the option to edit existing functions within...
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June Blender Joins SAPIEN
For Immediate Release October 1, 2014 Contact: Ferdinand G. Rios, CEO, frios@sapien.com June Blender joins SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. June Blender: SAPIEN’s New Technology Evangelist Napa, California—...
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Adding Parameter Sets to a Function
Like many of you, I really live at the command line, because automation is more efficient than single actions. But, as the command line becomes more complex, we need tools to restore our efficiency....
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The PassThru Parameter: Gimme Output
I love to explain things in clear, simple terms. So, a few weeks ago, I tweeted a request for a Windows PowerShell concept that could use more explanation. Andy Fair (@ravensportal) from Oklahoma City...
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PowerShell Studio 2014: More Function Builder Updates
Yes, we updated the Function Builder yet again! We just released a new build of PowerShell Studio 2014 (v4.1.72). We wanted to highlight some changes and additions: Function Validation The Function...
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PowerShell Studio 2014: Refactoring and Other Updates
In the last PowerShell Studio article, we spoke about the updates to the Function Builder in the v4.1.72 service build. Now we will discuss the other updates in the v4.1.72 build. Improved Rename...
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Delete Desktop Icons: A Windows PowerShell Tip
I’m a rather geeky type person with a passion for clean desktops. My physical desktop is always pretty clean and I like my computer desktops to be clean, too. I don’t like anything on my desktop,...
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PowerShell Studio: Form and Script Recovery
Once in a while our support team gets a request to recover a script from a packaged executable because the original was lost. In fact this just happened recently when a user contacted us to recover his...
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A Better ToString() Method for Hash Tables
I didn’t make it to the PowerShell Summit 2014 in Europe this year, but I’ve been getting much of the benefit by watching the Summit presentations on YouTube. After watching Windows PowerShell MVP...
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Expand All Aliases: Ctrl+Shift+A
Windows PowerShell aliases are very handy. They typically have fewer characters than the commands and parameters that they represent, so they’re quicker to type and great for tweeting. However, it has...
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Saving Passwords for Add-AzureAccount
One of the great features of the recent versions of Azure PowerShell is a non-interactive option for the Add-AzureAccount cmdlet. Unfortunately, the instructions tell you to save your Azure password...
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Get-Duplicates (or Unique items)
I take a lot of free online coding classes, mainly from Coursera and Udacity, and I’ve picked up a lot of programming tricks in other languages that are easy translated to Windows PowerShell. In a Java...
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Throwback Thursday: Making batch files into executables
PrimalScript 2014 can make a variety of script files into executable files. We call that packaging. This feature is mostly used by VBScript and PowerShell administrators to wrap their scripts into an...
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Update-OneGet: Install OneGet on PS 3.0+
One of the coolest new features in the Windows PowerShell 5.0 preview is the OneGet module. Windows PowerShell program manager, Dan Harman, describes OneGet as a “package manager manager,” but for most...
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Removing Objects from Arrays in PowerShell
A member of the PowerShell group on Facebook asked how to delete an object from an array. It’s a simple question, but the answer isn’t very simple at all. It’s one of those beginner questions that...
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Get-LanguageKeywords: Using ConvertFrom-String on About Topics
There have been some great blog posts about the new ConvertFrom-String cmdlet in the Windows PowerShell 5.0 preview. My favorite learning tool is an excellent talk by Windows PowerShell MVP Tobias...
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Displaying Output in a GUI Application
After many years of writing scripts for the Windows PowerShell console, I’m now learning the next level of automation — writing GUI applications that run Windows PowerShell commands. PowerShell Studio...
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Find variables with class
Follow @SAPIENTech I’ve been playing with the Windows PowerShell 5.0 preview and especially with its new class feature. After I create my class, I often create several instances of the class and...
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Enumerators in Windows PowerShell 5.0
Follow @juneb_get_help Enumerators have always been a part of Windows PowerShell, because they’re an important part of the .NET Framework. But they’re about to become even more popular, because changes...
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