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Occasionally people ask us about our resolutions... not the New Year's kind, but rather, the video kind. As you probably know, SAPIEN has produced several PowerShell training videos. These videos come in two formats: on DVD and as a download. The DVD videos are not "true" DVDs, i.e. if you pop them into your DVD player they will not play like a movie. Rather, these videos are packaged as .MOV files for viewing on your computer  using Apple QuickTime. These .MOV files have a vertical resolution of 720 pixels (HD quality.) They play great on computers and other devices that…   More »

How well do you know PrimalScript or PrimalForms? Do you have the writing skills necessary to write a detailed technical manual for our products? If so, SAPIEN is looking for someone to write a clear, understandable and detailed manual for our products. We are really looking for people with significant writing experience, a good knowledge of our products and a willingness to delve even deeper into them. You will be working directly with our developers to create the manuals for the next versions of our products! Become the authority on SAPIEN software! If you are interested, submit a resume and…   More »

New versions of PrimalScript 2011, PrimalForms 2011, PrimalSQL 2011 and PrimalXML 2011 are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2011 v6.0.162 UPD: Installer changed to install debugger as shared componentFIX: Various installer fixesFIX: Minor enhancements and improvementsADD: Error message if database connection fails   PrimalForms 2011 v2.0.20 FIX: Issue with ListView and SubItemsFIX: Tab issue when Copy / Paste into the consoleFIX: Issue with missing file icon in project FIX: Project issue where a form's return value for the ComboBox was empty.FIX: Other minor fixes and changesUPD: Using Extended Print DialogsUPD: Installer…   More »

You have created the mother of all PowerShell scripts and spent endless hours honing its performance and catching error conditions. Now that you are rolling out this gem of a script to your users, you find out that they don't take to the command prompt as you do. You have also found out that some others even go and edit your skillfully crafted script and are now blaming you for errors. You can avoid all of that by converting your command line script to a Windows Forms application with PrimalForms 2011. Create a GUI version of your PowerShell script to make the…   More »

iPowerShell, that MUST HAVE little iPhone/iPad PowerShell reference is going pro with the release of iPowerShell Pro today. The pro app includes a great many infrastructure changes and feature additions which set it up for major future enhancements as well. Here are just some of the changes/additions to iPowerShell Pro: Initial data can be downloaded from SAPIEN servers Ability to add your own PowerShell Help XML files Ability to add your own aliases PowerShell Twitter feed Swipe cmdlet description screen with 2 fingers to get the next/previous cmdlets alphabetically Lync cmdlets added Sharepoint cmdlets added Dynamic header buttons take you…   More »

New versions of PrimalScript 2011, and PrimalForms 2011 are available. Registered users can download the latest service builds from MySAPIEN. Release Notes: PrimalScript 2011 v6.0.158 UPD: Misc. improvements and bug fixes.ADD: Manual chapters added to the Document Explorer   PrimalForms 2011 v2.0.19 UPD: Inserts Default Assemblies if they are missingUPD: Spotlight Article ListFIX: Caching issues with PowerShellV3 CTP2FIX: Issue of GridView Columns not appearing when form is ran for the first time…   More »

All SAPIEN Software has docking panels of some kind or another. Combine a multi-tabbed environment like PrimalScript with docked multi-tabbed panels and it can get a bit overwhelming if you dragged your output windows somewhere by accident and can't get it back to where you think it should be. Let's look at the overall layout of PrimalScript:   As soon as you start dragging a panel group or a panel the docking guides appear as shown above.You can drag an entire group of tabbed panels by grabbing the active panel by its caption as shown above. If you only want…   More »

You really need to make PowerShell your top New Year’s Resolution because 2012 is *the* year of PowerShell.  Microsoft is putting it front and center in its Windows Management Framework 3.0 which is due sometime in 2012.  And you need to be ready for it.  Sure, you need to put exercise and a good diet at the top of your priorities, too, but you need to feed and exercise your brain as well.  Keeping your brain in shape will lead to job security, a fat wallet, and incessant praise from your colleagues and your end users.  Well, maybe not…   More »

Wow! Has another year gone buy already? It seems as if it was only yesterday that I wrote a Welcome 2011 blog post. 2011 saw quite a bit of activity from SAPIEN. New versions of all of our software products were released. Digital download versions of our videos became available. We continued and improved our support for iOS. So what is in store for 2012? Well I can tell you but then I would have to send the SAPIEN minions to do terrible things to you! Just kidding! About the minions... Seriously though, I would not want to ruin any…   More »

If you package your script with PrimalScript's or PrimalForm's packager you have the option of including a manifest. This manifest can be used to make your executable file prompt for elevation when executed. It's easy to spot the difference between an application that will prompt for elevation and one that does not by looking at the icon: Now, imagine the surprise if you get a shield on your icon and an elevation prompt when you run a file you packaged without a manifest. As you can see from the image below it's all in the name: I simply took the…   More »