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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Devfarm Software about their PowerWF workflow product

News

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      Joe Pruitt [has released](http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/Joe/archive/2009/06/03/introducing-poshbing-ndash-the-powershell-library-for-microsoftrsquos-bing-search.aspx) a new Codeplex project titled [PoshBing](http://poshbing.codeplex.com/).


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      Jeff Hicks has announced that an [updated version of PowerShell:TFM 3rd Ed is now available](http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2009/06/04/updated-windows-powershell-tfm-3rd-ed-now-available/)


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      SAPIEN [has announced](http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2009/06/04/changevue-to-get-powershell-cmdlet-interface/) their ChangeVue product will be getting a set of cmdlets


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      A new version of the Quest AD Cmdlets [has been released 1.2.2](http://www.bobbobel.com/new-release-ad-cmdlets-v1-2-2-have-shipped/)


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      Jeffrey Snover [leaked on Twitter](http://twitter.com/jsnover/statuses/2028783900) a new CTP of PowerShell v2 with XP support is coming soon

Interview

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        [http://powerwf.com/](http://powerwf.com/)


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        [http://www.youtube.com/user/powerworkflow](http://www.youtube.com/user/powerworkflow)









    Questions







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        glnsize: ## define that ... How do you *Create* a cmdlet or snapin...


      - 
        palen: ## Does it handle conditional statements?


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        glnsize: ## is this cmdlets avaliable outside of your tool... can i install it elsewhere


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        lmrobins: ## can I add snapins inside these workflow tasks?


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        glnsize: ##so is this a host that we work in, or is it an IDE we build our tools with


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        glnsize: ## so who the target here the developer or the admin?


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        meson: ## What if you want to develop a plugin from your own set of cmdlets?


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        cartershanklin: ## Do their cmdlets work on the vanilla PowerShell host or do they need a special PS host?


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        AndrewTearle: ## Where does FullArmor history come in ? Is it no potential competition ?







      Superhero







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              Ben - Nightcrawler


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              Brian - Wolverine 

Resources

    *This segment is brought to you by **[SAPIEN Technologies](http://sapien.com/)*





     











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    [Working with ASP.NET application configuration files in PowerShell](http://www.protosystem.net/post/2009/06/01/Using-Powershell-to-manage-application-configuration.aspx)


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    VMware put up a [PowerCLI webinar](http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2009/06/june-2009-powercli-webinar-the-aftermath.html) recently


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    Lee Holmes tells about [Get-Help -Online](http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/GetHelpNdashOnline.aspx)


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    [.NET cheat sheets](http://john-sheehan.com/blog/net-cheat-sheets/) are great!


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    Shay shows us how to [autolink cmdlets](http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2009/06/07/auto-link-powershell-cmdlet-names-in-windows-live-writer.aspx) when writing blog posts in Windows Live Writer--from PowerShell of course

Tips

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        Use "ise" to invoke the editor in PowerShell v2 (thanks Shay)

Set-Alias edit “$pshomepowershell_ise.exe”

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          How to use PowerShell and Subinacl.exe to [

permission printers ](http://chrisfederico.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/using-powershell-and-subinacl-exe-to-permission-printers/)

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          Osama from the PowerShell team has written two articles ([part 1](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/05/21/processing-event-logs-in-powershell.aspx), [part 2](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/06/11/windows-event-log-in-powershell-part-ii.aspx)) on working with event logs in PowerShell V2





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        Spend time looking at $env:windirdiagnostics. As Jeffrey Snover [noted recently,](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/06/14/kudos-to-the-win7-diagnostics-team.aspx) there has been a lot of work put into these scripts and we could all learn something by going over them with a fine-toothed comb.          Â