Today I'm releasing a new tool for ConfigMgr admins and IT support staff! This tool displays PXE boot events in an easy-to-view format and provides a history of PXE boot attempts on a distribution point during a selected time period. The tool can also display any records that exist in ConfigMgr associated with a device based … Continue reading New tool: ConfigMgr PXE Boot Log
Category: WPF
PowerShell DeepDive: WPF, Data Binding and INotifyPropertyChanged
PowerShell can be used to create some nice UI front-ends using the Windows Presentation Framework (WPF). You can create anything from a simple popup window to a full-blown, self-contained application. A major concept in WPF is that of data binding. Data binding allows you to create some separation between the design of the UI and … Continue reading PowerShell DeepDive: WPF, Data Binding and INotifyPropertyChanged
Explore WPF Controls with PowerShell
If you've ever tried creating a tool or an application with WPF, you know that the built-in controls contain many properties, methods and events, and finding the right one to use can be, well, fun! As an aid to creating WPF applications, I created this simple tool which explores the various controls and exposes their … Continue reading Explore WPF Controls with PowerShell
Create a WPF Application with Navigation using PowerShell
In WPF, there are two types of window which can host your application content. The most commonly used is simply the window (System.Windows.Window in .Net). But there is another window type, the navigation window (System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationWindow) which takes a slightly different form and includes some basic navigation controls similar to what you would use in a … Continue reading Create a WPF Application with Navigation using PowerShell
PowerShell Stopwatch
In PowerShell scripts it is sometimes helpful to use a timer, for example to measure how long a certain task takes. If you create GUI applications with PowerShell, it can be useful to display a timer during a long-running task. It's actually quite simple to do and there are plenty of examples for C# programmers, but … Continue reading PowerShell Stopwatch
New Free App – ConfigMgr Deployment Reporter
Just released a new free application for ConfigMgr admins - ConfigMgr Deployment Reporter. I developed this app for use in the organisation I currently work for, and it turned out quite well, so I decided to release a public version to the community! I developed this app as an alternative (and IMO easier) way to … Continue reading New Free App – ConfigMgr Deployment Reporter
Creating Simple Charts in WPF with PowerShell
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is great for creating GUI applications, but it does not natively contain any charting controls. There are a number of products that can be used to create charts in WPF, including the WPF toolkit and the Microsoft Chart Controls for .Net, but good-old Windows Forms does this natively. WPF has does … Continue reading Creating Simple Charts in WPF with PowerShell
New Tool: System Explorer for Windows
Today I am pleased to release a new tool for enterprises and home users alike: System Explorer for Windows. This application can be used to view detailed system and hardware data for a local or remote computer by exposing WMI Win32 classes in an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface. For enterprises that use System Center Configuration … Continue reading New Tool: System Explorer for Windows
Creating WPF GUI Applications with Pure PowerShell
When creating a GUI application in PowerShell, I usually use Visual Studio, or Blend for Visual Studio, to design a WPF application, then copy and run the XAML code in PowerShell. Designing in VS is generally easier and quicker and creates less code, but it is also perfectly possible to create a WPF GUI using … Continue reading Creating WPF GUI Applications with Pure PowerShell
New tool! Reliability Viewer for Windows
I am pleased to release a new free GUI tool today to assist in troubleshooting Windows systems - the Reliability Viewer for Windows. It is based on the concept of the built-in Windows Reliability Monitor, but can be used to display data from both the local or remote systems, which the Microsoft tool cannot do. … Continue reading New tool! Reliability Viewer for Windows