Showing results for January 2016 - Scripting Blog [archived]

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

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to display properties of a .NET Framework class.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily display properties of a .NET Framework class?  Pipe the type accelerator to the Get-Member cmdlet and specify the MemberType property,            for example: [string] | gm...

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

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

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to return the remainder after dividing two numbers.  How can use Windows PowerShell to divide two numbers and only return the remainder (called a modulo operation)?  In Windows PowerShell, the modulo operator is the % sign. Here are a few examples of how to use it: PS C:\> 3 % 2 ...