The Technical Adventures of Adam Weigert

PowerShell: Threading Enhancements FTW!

To build on the threading library I mentioned here , I've added some functionality to make it easier to communicate with the seperate thread. Still, keep in mind that PowerShell will only allow one pipeline to be executing in a runspace at any given time...

PowerShell: Threading for PowerShell v1.0

Ok, so this solution really isn't threading, but a neat way to get async scripts to run! The important thing to remember is that each "thread" is actually a PowerShell "runspace". Meaning, scripts run within the thread don't have access to objects or...

PowerShell: Try...Catch...Finally Comes To Life

So, PowerShell has some good error handling, but being so used to .NET, I really missed my Try...Catch...Finally statements. Especially when I needed to make sure a block of code always executed. Well, after some playing, I think I have the solution! I've tested this function in a few different ways. I hope this turns out to be as helpful to someone else as it is for me. Maybe Microsoft will add this functionality to the core of PowerShell....

PowerShell: Using PowerShell to Debug .NET Class Libraries

PowerShell is so wicked cool. I love it more and more each day I use it. Latest trick is using it to debug or my class libraries without having to have a supporting unit test or console project. Though this method of testing / debuging process isn't as...

PowerShell: Convert Active Directory IADSLargeInteger to System.Int64

This PowerShell function will convert an IADSLargeInteger ComObject to a long/Int64 value. Extremely helpful when trying to work with Active Directory attributes like "pwdLastSet" or "lastLogonTimestamp". function ConvertADSLargeInteger...