Showing archive results for October 2011

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to deal with two Windows PowerShell hash table quirks.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Our week in Ottawa draws to a close. We leave for Montreal today, and are really excited about the Windows PowerShell people we will meet while we are there. I enjoyed working on my Windows Power...

Summary: Learn how to automatically populate a hash table in a Windows PowerShell script.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. A hash table is an important data structure in Windows PowerShell. Many of the cmdlets use hash tables to format their input. For example, if I want to create a custom column header in a table, I have to use a hash t...

Summary: Learn how to create a Windows PowerShell hash table from a text file.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Our Canadian trek continues. We got to meet with Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney and his wife Rose, and we spent the day roaming around Toronto. He even took me to the store where he bought his trademark BATCHman hat. Along the w...

Summary: Learn how to add random question features to a Windows PowerShell script game. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I have really enjoyed Ottawa. The class I am teaching on Windows PowerShell has absolutely rocked! Ottawa is one of my favorite cities (there is a really cool woodworking store here), and I ha...

Summary: Learn how to use hash tables and create a Windows PowerShell quiz script.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. For the past several days, I have been building a Windows PowerShell cmdlet name quiz. On the first day, I looked at replacing random letters in a string. Next I moved the code into a function and  dded parameter va...