In PrimalScript 8.1.182 and PowerShell Studio 5.8.222, we added an option to the current packager engines allowing you to adjust the colors of specific output categories.
You may have seen the properties below in a PowerShell console:
These are properties…
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We are all creatures of habit. People who write code are even more so because we have copy-and-paste. As a result, any code you write usually reuses the same variable names.
For a counter, you use $ctr; for a flag,…
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The latest WMI Explorer release (2.2.83) adds support for multiple consoles, just as you see in PrimalScript and PowerShell Studio. This also includes support for PowerShell Core, if installed.
You can switch between different instances with the combo box right…
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I have been asked a few times now to use Bash with PrimalScript. It doesn’t have all the setup for it out of the box because there are a few different implementations of Bash available for Windows. If you followed…
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With the latest service build WMI Explorer 2015 has received an integrated Windows PowerShell console.
While previous versions had the ability to execute generated PowerShell code in a console, experimentation with that code was not possible because PowerShell does not…
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One of the many things on our users wish list was the ability to change variables while debugging. While we where looking to solve that, we also looked for a way to call functions while stopped at a breakpoint or…
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The PowerShell debugger has been completely rewritten for PrimalScript 2011. Many of the new features are the direct result of requests from you, our users:
– The way the debugger executes your script makes sure that all open files are…
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PrimalScript 2009 is a 32 bit application, so by default it uses the 32 bit version of PowerShell even on a 64 bit machine for the embedded console.
If you are dealing with mostly 64 bit server software you may…
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In a recent PowerShell ScriptingAnswers.com post, a member was asking about variables and whether they were “live” or linked to an actual object.The answer is “Yes and No, depending…” For example, consider this expression:
PS C:\> $s=get-service wsearch
The $s…
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