A new PowerShell book is available, and it’s worth your while. It is created as a “cookbook” so you don’t have to read it all at once but rather pick and choose whatever “recipe” you need on any given day.…
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The information in this article applies to the new PowerShell Version Selector features in PrimalScript 8.1.205, PowerShell Studio 5.8.244, and later builds.
The PowerShell Version Selector has been a part of PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript since February 2022. Its main…
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The recent PowerShell Studio service builds include some changes to improve the handling of the WebView2 control. This article details the changes made and provides an overview of loading the control in PowerShell Studio’s designer.
Setup
To load the WebView2…
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The features discussed in this article are available with PrimalScript 8.1.200 PowerShell Studio 5.8.238.
When PowerShell 3.0 was released, one of its most lauded features was updateable help. You could run Update-Help, and PowerShell would update the locally stored help…
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The features described in this article are included in PrimalScript 8.1.197 and PowerShell Studio 5.8.236.
The most common questions we get for the MSI builder are “How do I run my applications after the install?” and “How do I run…
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This final step in our step-by-step series for the SAPIEN MSI Builder shows you how to install Windows Services on the target computer. This applies to Windows Services created with the SAPIEN Script Packager using PowerShell and any other Service…
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The sixth part of our step-by-step series for the MSI builder explains custom actions.
Custom actions enable you to do additional setup, removal, or repair—which you may not be able to do from your application. Most installers will require admin…
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The fifth article in our step-by-step series for the MSI Builder is all about digital signatures.
Signing
Certificate
You will need a digital certificate installed on your computer. SAPIEN’s MSI Builder will only use trusted certificates installed on your machine.…
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The fourth part of our step-by-step series for the MSI Builder explains how to add shortcuts for your application in three distinct places.
Shortcuts to your application and/or associated tools can be placed on the Desktop, in the Start Menu,…
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This part of the MSI Builder Step-by-Step series is a re-post of a previous article on adding PowerShell modules to your Installer. As all the information is recent and there have been no changes, you can skip this post if…
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