PowerShell Pro!

I can't tell you how excited I am about PowerShellASP, but I will… While making the transition from VBScript to PowerShell there were two pieces of functionality that I could not live without; HTML Applications (HTA) and Dynamic .ASP web pages. This functionality allows me to distribute VBScripts wrapped in an application or as a web page. I'm able to (and still do) write code that is utilized by clients who have no scripting or programming background, like my mom! 

Let me show you an example of what an HTA is so that you get a better picture..

Continue reading ‘PowerShellASP’ »

I received a request from a colleague asking if I had a script that would poll a file and send him an email if a file's size became larger than 2k. Apparently they are using an application that was written by a friend-of-a-friend who is no longer in the Software Business so there is no support for the product. How does this kind of stuff happen???

My reaction was wow! What happens when the file grows larger than 2k(yes you are reading this correctly, 2k)? My colleague replied, "The app slows down, sometimes locks up, and users start to complain. Our course of action is to delete the file, the application regenerates it and we start all over again. Attempting to be pro-active, we periodically check the file size by manually browsing the file properties. Most of the time we are able to catch and fix the problem before the users are affected. It's just the times we miss all hell breaks loose." I said, "I can help you with that issue…"

Continue reading ‘How to Send Alerts to Your Mailbox using .NET’ »