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 article in our Script Packaging Step-by-Step series explains how to add icons to your application.
Every packaged script gets a default icon assigned, which is the icon shown for that executable in Windows Explorer, or in the task bar…
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In this installment of our Script Packaging series, we explore the Output Settings. Most settings on this page have a reasonable default; we will address each setting and its alternatives.
Output settings
We will start with the Output settings group.…
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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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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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With the PowerShell ModuleManager 2022 release, we have added the ability to install a list of modules from a file. This feature is helpful if you need to install multiple modules at once or if you are moving from a particular…
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When you set up script signing in PrimalScript or PowerShell Studio, you see a field called “Time Stamp”. It has a large list of URLs for time stamp servers to choose from.
What does this do and why do you…
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In PowerShell you have two ways of including ‘other’ code in your script. Other code can be someone else’s code, your code from another project, or simply the way you organize your code into different files. Before we dive into…
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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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SAPIEN’s PowerShell Studio and PrimalScript products both include integrated Pester testing. In this article, we will cover some changes in the Pester 4 to Pester 5 upgrade.
The most significant change in the release of Pester 5 is that it…
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