Showing results for September 2013 - Page 4 of 13 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about adding array index numbers to Windows PowerShell custom objects.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Our software application returns arrays of information. What I need is a way to artificially add the array element number to the object that the cmdlet outputs. For example, I want to add the highlighte...

Summary: Determine how large your Windows PowerShell console is.  How can I see how large my Windows PowerShell console is?  Access the WindowSize property from the $Host object: $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Width $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Height

Summary: Leverage Windows PowerShell for some simple on-screen animation. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here. I’m filling in for our good friend, Ed Wilson. Ed got hungry today and asked me to make him some popcorn. So today we’ll use Windows PowerShell to make some—just some little bits for fun. In actual reality I’...

Summary: Use the Beep command in Windows PowerShell.  How can I send a sound in Windows PowerShell to notify a user if an error occurs in the script?  Windows PowerShell can send a Beep to the console: [console]::beep(500,300) Change the value of the first number to alter the pitch (anything lower than 190 or higher than 8500 ca...

Summary: Use a hash table and an array to run prearranged actions. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney here. I’m filling in for our good friend, Ed again today. I think he’s busy playing some tunes with the Windows PowerShell piano we created last week. So continuing from last weekend’s silliness, I had the song “Popcorn&rd...