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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to view properties and their values for a .NET Framework class

January 31, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 01/31/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to view properties and the associated values of those properties of .NET Framework classes with Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to view the properties and their values from a .NET Framework class, such as System.String? (image) Use the Type ...

PowerTip: Find properties of .NET Framework class with PowerShell

January 31, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 01/31/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to display properties of a .NET Framework class. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily display properties of a .NET Framework class? (image) Pipe the type accelerator to the Get-Member cmdlet and specify the MemberType property, for ...

PowerTip: Find information about .NET Framework method with PowerShell

January 30, 2016 Jan 30, 2016 01/30/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find information about a .NET framework method. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find basic information about a particular .NET Framework method? (image) Use the GetMethod method from the class, for example: [math].GetMethod("Tan") Note The method name...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to find all methods from .NET Framework class

January 30, 2016 Jan 30, 2016 01/30/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to find all methods from a .NET Framework class by using Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to show both static and dynamic methods for a .NET Framework class? (image) Use the GetMethods method from the class. This example uses the System.Math class to return the &...

PowerTip: Return remainder after dividing two numbers

January 29, 2016 Jan 29, 2016 01/29/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to return the remainder after dividing two numbers. (image) How can use Windows PowerShell to divide two numbers and only return the remainder (called a modulo operation)? (image) In Windows PowerShell, the modulo operator is the % sign. Here are a few examples of how to use ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

January 2016 - Scripting Blog [archived]