Last week we introduced a new PrimalScript template for Windows PowerShell which makes writing Windows Services much easier. In this article, we will show you how to use MSI Builder to create an installer for your Windows Services.
We created…
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The latest in our short video series demonstrates how to add command shell executables to PrimalScript using the Command Window option.
In three minutes we show you how to:
Setup PowerShell Core in PrimalScript
Make PowerShell Core the active console…
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Occasionally we get a request to retrieve source code from a script packaged with PrimalScript or PowerShell Studio. One thing we noticed on those occasions is that the icon is almost always the default script package icon we supply with…
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PrimalScript 2018 supports advanced functionality for Windows services written in PowerShell and packaged with PrimalScript 2018 or PowerShell Studio 2018. While your old code will still work unmodified with this packager engine as it detects the presence of the new…
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Starting with PrimalScript 2018, version 7.4.111 you can define custom actions for your Windows Installers. A custom action is anything that can be executed from a command line. Most commonly you will probably use executable files or a PowerShell Script.…
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In this blog post, we examine setting up WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) “Bash with PowerShell Core” in PrimalScript’s “Console Window” list.
Prepare Bash File
In order to open PowerShell Core in Linux, the bash shell needs to be open…
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Now that PowerShell Core 6.0.0 has reached the GA (Generally Available) status, you can start developing scripts using PrimalScript.
Yes, in this product look under “File | Options“, in the “Environment” section you’ll find the “Window Command” area. Here, PowerShell…
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SAPIEN Technologies strives to bring the best products to all levels of IT administration. The announcement of PowerShell Core, which is not a finished product yet, causes a lot of confusion. It is our policy that we can’t support products…
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Back in May 2016, SAPIEN did a blog post about “Using Bash with PrimalScript 2016“. In a way, using similar steps, we can setup and use PowerShell Core in PrimalScript 2017 as well.
Keep in mind, due to the fact…
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Previously I showed you the new Windows Application engine (https://www.sapien.com/blog/2017/06/14/new-script-engines-for-windows-powershell/) and the Windows System Tray engine https://www.sapien.com/blog/2017/07/10/creating-a-system-tray-application-with-powershell/.
Today I will show you the last of the three new engines, the Windows Service engine.
Writing a Windows Service can be a…
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