This article provides an overview of a new feature introduced in PrimalScript 8.1.179 and PowerShell Studio 5.8.220 that allows you to add modules to the MSI file that installs your PowerShell application.
Modules are a substantial part of the PowerShell…
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We are pleased to announce the addition of PowerShell 7 support with the PowerShell HelpWriter 2023 release (3.0.56).
You can now select the PowerShell Version at the bottom of the Select Module dialog:
The modules listed are from the $PSModulePath…
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Microsoft has recently released PowerShell 7.2.8 and 7.3.1. We usually try to support new versions as quickly as possible, but this time we hit a bit of a problem.
There is an issue with the 7.3.1 hosting package, which does…
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In this article, our guest blogger—Brent Challis—provides a different approach to retrieving the correct Documents folder.
The Problem
One of the problems working with multiple computers is that the Documents folder path could be:
C:\Users\<user>\OneDrive\Documentsor C:\Users\<user>\Documents
There are many…
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In this installment of our Script Packaging series, we review the options for adding restrictions when running your packaged script.
Sometimes running an application on a platform that is not supported or under conditions that are not secure can do…
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This first article in our SAPIEN Script Packager series walks you through the Script Engine settings.
When you open the SAPIEN Script Packager for the first time, the number of options can be a bit daunting. But fear not; most…
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Testing can be a chore if you develop DevOps solutions with PowerShell 7. After all, there seem to be new versions frequently; some are Long Term Support (LTS), while others disappear from use quickly. So regardless of status, whatever environment…
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This recent change was kicked off by one of our customers, who wanted to see ‘Write-verbose’ messages when debugging or testing, but not in production. We assumed that the same is probably true for ‘Write-Debug’ messages. It makes perfect sense…
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We are happy to announce the release of PowerShell Studio 2021 (v5.8.183). This major release is included as part of the regular update cycle for our subscribers.
New Look
New Icons
We have updated all icons to a new style.…
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In April 2020, we released a new tool, the SAPIEN Script Explorer. You can find the details here: https://www.sapien.com/blog/2020/04/06/introducing-the-sapien-script-explorer/.
The basic premise was to prevent users from having to associate script extensions (.ps1, .vbs, .js, etc.) with the ‘open’ verb…
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