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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use the Windows Forms TreeView Control?

June 15, 2010 Jun 15, 2010 06/15/10
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Today we have a guest article by Ravikanth who works at Dell, Inc., as a lead engineer in the SharePoint Solutions Team. He loves automation and is a Windows PowerShell fanatic. He writes regularly on his blog about topics related to Windows PowerShell, SharePoint, and Microsoft server virtualization. He is also moderator on the Official ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Using the Windows Presentation Foundation PowerShell Kit to Create a GUI

March 24, 2010 Mar 24, 2010 03/24/10
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 About the author: Doug Finke is a Microsoft PowerShell MVP working for Lab49, a company that builds advanced applications for the financial service industry. Over the last 20 years, Doug has been a developer and author working with numerous technologies. You can catch up with Doug on his blog. The Scripting Guys recently posted ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use the DataGrid Control in Windows PowerShell?

March 22, 2010 Mar 22, 2010 03/22/10
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 About the author: Ravikanth works at Dell, Inc., as a lead engineer in the Microsoft SharePoint solutions team. He loves automation and is a Windows PowerShell fanatic. He writes regularly on his blog about topics related to Windows PowerShell, SharePoint, and Microsoft server virtualization. He is also a moderator on the Hey, Scripting ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Create a Windows Form to Select Computer Names and Run WMI Queries?

March 4, 2010 Mar 4, 2010 03/4/10
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I had this idea. I would like to have a Windows Form that had a list of computer names in it. I would then like to be able to select one of the computers, and run a WMI query against it. My idea is that I could give the Windows Form to the Help Desk, and I would not need to tell them how to run a script, give ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Read a Text File and Update a List Box?

March 3, 2010 Mar 3, 2010 03/3/10
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I liked your article about creating a list box with Windows PowerShell, but to be honest, that is of limited use to me because I often need to work with different servers. I would like to be able to load a text file and have it populate the list box. Is that too hard to do?-- RR Hello RR, Microsoft ...