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I am certified Microsoft professional, a Microsoft MVP and an IT veteran with almost 20 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Windows server technologies. I work today as an independent author, trainer and consultant. I've co-authored or authored several books, courseware, and training videos on administrative scripting and automation. My latest book is Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShel: TFM 2nd Ed.(SAPIEN Press 2011).
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Tag Archives: PrimalForms
Test-Subnet WinForm
Recently, I posted an entry on how to ping an IP subnet with PowerShell. Using objects in the PowerShell pipeline is a good thing. But sometimes we want a GUI and I figured the ping subnet script would make a … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, PrimalForms, Scripting
Tagged Ping, PowerShell, PrimalForms, Test-Connection, WinForm
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Putting the Squeeze on Files with PowerShell
My December Mr. Roboto column is now online This month’s tool is a PowerShell WinForm script that uses WMI to compress files. I used PrimalForms 2009 to build the graphical interface. The interface is essentially a wizard that lets you … Continue reading
Posted in Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, PrimalForms, SAPIEN
Tagged Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, PrimalForms, Scripting, WMI
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Add Tooltip help to your PrimalForms script
I’ve been doing some work lately in the newest version of SAPIEN’s PrimalForms 2009. I like to make my scripts as user friendly as possible without forcing someone to read lengthy and boring documentation. One technique that I’ve started using … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, SAPIEN, Scripting
Tagged PowerShell, PrimalForms, SAPIEN, Scripting, Tooltip, Windows Forms, WinForm
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PrimalForms 2009 Script Editor
SAPIEN’s Primal Forms 2009 now has an integrated script editor that you can use as a standalone editor for PowerShell scripts. The app has integrated help, popup command help, a PowerShell browser, a .NET object browser. As you can see in the screen shot I’ve started a very basic PowerShell script.
Once saved, I can run the script and view the results in the output panel. You can open and edit existing scripts as well. If you want a more full featured editing experience with code samples, snippets and more, or if you still need to work in other languages like VBScript, you’ll want PrimalScript 2009. But let’s say you only require an easy to use PowerShell script editor that provides a Windows Form feature, then PrimalForms 2009 is the ticket. Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, SAPIEN, Scripting, Software
Tagged PowerShell, PrimalForms, Primalscript, SAPIEN
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PrimalForms 2009 Now Available
SAPIEN Technologies finally released PrimalForms 2009. If you have any sort of requirement to create a graphical interface to your PowerShell script, this is the tool to get. SAPIEN will continue to offer the free community version of Primal Forms … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Software
Tagged PowerShell, PrimalForms, SAPIEN, Scripting, WinForms
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