Convince My Manager! PowerShell Studio 2015 Killer Features
Follow @juneb_get_help PowerShell scripters often send us requests for help and post them on our busy forums. None hits home with me like a request for help convincing a cash-strapped IT manager that...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2015: Service Release with PowerShell V5 Support
We are happy to announce the release of the latest service build of PowerShell Studio 2015 (v4.2.89). You will find that this service build is pack with new features and enhancements. We listened to...
View ArticlePowerShell GUIs: Where do I start?
Follow @juneb_get_help I’ve been using Windows PowerShell since the very first version of Monad in 2005, but PowerShell-based applications with a graphic user interface (GUI) are a whole new world....
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2015: Service Release v4.2.90
We released a new service release for PowerShell Studio 2015 (v4.2.90). Here’s what’s new: Updated Editor Themes We updated the editor’s themes including the default, so be sure to apply the new...
View ArticleTyping Enter Pushes a Button
As a beginner developer of PowerShell GUIs, I’m always looking for easy ways to make my simple applications more sophisticated and usable. One of the basic usability features in most applications is...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2015: Service Release v4.2.92
We released a new service release for PowerShell Studio 2015 (v4.2.92). Here’s what’s new: Memory Improvements In this build we improved PowerShell Studio’s file memory usage. Larger files should now...
View ArticleGet Commands in a Nested Module
Many Windows PowerShell modules include nested modules. In fact, some of your favorite cmdlets might be in a nested module, but you wouldn’t typically know it. Nested modules are reusable, so you can...
View ArticlePowerShell GUI Debugging Tip: Duplicate Event Handlers
I’m not a professional tester, but I am an expert at making mistakes. I take risks. I try everything. I gravitate to “corner cases” and odd circumstances. That makes me a great amateur tester and, due...
View ArticleScope in a PowerShell GUI App
If you search the SAPIEN blog, you’ll realize that this is the not our first blog about scope in PowerShell GUIs. In March 2013, SAPIEN CTO Alex Riedel wrote First Rule of PowerShell Scoping Rules, a...
View ArticleMVP All Stars in Helsinki
What’s the future of Active Directory? What support can we expect for containers in Windows Server and client? Is PowerShell 5.0 complete? While most PowerShell scripters are focused on the upcoming...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2015: Service Release v4.2.94 and Projects with Folders
We released a new service build for PowerShell Studio 2015 (v4.2.94). Here’s what’s new: Folder Support in Projects PowerShell Studio 2015 projects now support folders. The project folders reflect the...
View ArticleHidden Charms of PowerShell Studio
I’m coming up on my one-year anniversary at SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. and my one-year anniversary of using PowerShell Studio as my primary IDE. When I speak at conferences and user groups, I don’t...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2015 – Find References and File in Files Update
We just released another build of PowerShell Studio 2015 (v4.2.95). We included a few new features to this build, but we will focus on the search-related features in this particular article. Find in...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2015 – New Custom Menu Features & GIT template
We are continuing to cover the new features introduced in the latest service build of PowerShell Studio 2015 (v4.2.95). In this article we will cover the new additions to PowerShell Studio’s custom...
View ArticleWhat’s new in iPowerShell Pro?
Build 5.0.133 of iPowerShell Pro has just been released. This build primarily covers iOS 9 compatibility with some bug fixes and performance increases. But we did slip in a very interesting and future...
View ArticleWhy Do We Need Constructors?
While traveling after PowerShell Summit Europe in Stockholm, I was honored to be the guest of the Microsoft Technical User Group in Oslo, Norway (@MTUG_Norge). This well-established user group meets on...
View ArticleUsing Module-Qualified Cmdlet Names
Open-source projects and new methods of distributing modules, such as PowerShellGet and the PowerShell Gallery, have significantly increased the availability of Windows PowerShell modules. While we...
View ArticleCreating Objects in Windows PowerShell
Applies to: PowerShell 5.0.10240 I was recently in the beautiful city of Copenhagen, Denmark, where I was the guest of PSUG.DK, PowerShell User Group in Denmark. We met in the swanky Microsoft offices...
View ArticlePowerShell HelpWriter – Service Release v1.0.16
In the latest service release of PowerShell HelpWriter 2015, you will notice a few changes to the Select Module dialog that appears when creating a new help file. The updated dialog includes several...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2015: Service Release v4.2.96
We released a new service build for PowerShell Studio 2015 (v4.2.96). In this release we introduced another new feature: Create Module from Help If you aren’t familiar with PowerShell HelpWriter,...
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