Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a compound string command. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, the Scripting Wife and I headed to Nashville for a couple of speaking engagements. We decided to head through Alabama instead of going through Atlanta for a couple of reasons. We have never driven the...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily create a pop-up message. How can I use Windows PowerShell to create a pop-up message? Use Out-GridView, and pipe your message string to it, for example: "popup message" | Out-GridView -Title "message box"
Summary: Guest blogger and PowerShell MVP, Chrissy LeMaire, talks about creating pop-ups with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome today a brand new guest blogger, Chrissy LeMaire. Chrissy is a systems engineer and PowerShell MVP. Always an avid scripter, she attended the Monad session at the Microsoft Profe...
Summary: Learn how to reverse an array with Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to reverse the order of an array stored in a variable? Use the static reverse method from the Array class, for example: $a = @(1,2,3) [array]::reverse($a)
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about Exploring Windows PowerShell arrays. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the problems I had with Windows PowerShell when I first learned it was handling arrays. Why? Because they were so easy. Well, they are easy, but they are also a bit confusing. Why? Because Get-Member seem...
