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Weekend Scripter: Latitude, Longitude, and PowerShell

November 29, 2014 Nov 29, 2014 11/29/14
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to retrieve latitude and longitude information. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today it is cold and dreary, so I thought it would be a nice time to play around with Windows PowerShell. One of the things I have always wanted to do is use Windows ...

Weekend Scripter: Use a File When Making a SOAP Request via PowerShell

September 23, 2012 Sep 23, 2012 09/23/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use a text file when making a SOAP request via Windows PowerShell 3.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I spent the day playing around with Windows PowerShell 3.0. It is a lot of fun. One of the things I enjoy doing is working with web services. Windows ...

Weekend Scripter: Query the Bing Search Engine from a PowerShell Script

January 16, 2011 Jan 16, 2011 01/16/11
ScriptingGuy1
  Summary: Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney shows how to use the Bing web services API from inside a Windows PowerShell script.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney is back with us today as he continues to share with us his discoveries while playing. Read more about Sean in the introduction on this blog post. Let us see ...

Weekend Scripter: Download Lyrics for Your Favorite Song with PowerShell

January 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011 01/1/11
ScriptingGuy1
  Summary: Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell function to download lyrics for your favorite songs.   Retrieving song lyrics with Windows PowerShell Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well it is New Year’s day in Charlotte, North Carolina. This year, or perhaps I should say last year, the Scripting Wife and I did not ...