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Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:46 PM

Functional Testing of Cmdlets

While developing unit and functional tests for Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions , I needed a way to invoke cmdlets without requiring elevation on Vista. That is, of course, because running elevated has always been a bad idea unless it is required.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 4:30

Group by Different Properties for Format-Table

For my Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions , I've been simplifying some of the use cases and adding additional formats. One thing I wanted to do was display source list information in a table and group either by the attached ProductCode or PatchCode
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Friday, February 08, 2008 8:57

Get Binder Variables for Assemblies without Installing into the GAC

Binder variables in WiX are variables that are resolved, coincidentally, at bind time. This is when the linker, light.exe , collects file information, assigns auto-GUIDs, and generates the output packages among other things. There are binder variables
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Friday, May 18, 2007 12:42

WiX Extension for PowerShell Snap-ins

To write an installer for your PowerShell snap-in , the PowerShell documentation instructs you to extend the PSSnapIn or CustomPSSnapIn class. When you add your snap-in assembly to the Custom Action view in a Windows Installer Project in Visual Studio,
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:53

Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions 1.0 Beta Released

I have released Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions 1.0 beta , complete with an installer package. I have also added a couple of cmdlets, and format and type configurations for a good out-of-the-box experience when using the cmdlets Get-MSIProductInfo
Posted by Heath Stewart | 7 Comments
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:56 PM

Introducing Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions

Some time back I mentioned in a comment I was working on some PowerShell extensions for Windows Installer. Actually, it was a long time ago and I've spent more time learning the "ins" and "outs" of PowerShell (mostly the "ins" using .NET Reflector because
Posted by Heath Stewart | 4 Comments
Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:05

Monad Beta 2 Available

Want a shell that doesn't peak at the for command and that's built on the latest .NET Framework? Monad beta 2 is available for download! x86 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2ac59b30-5a44-4782-b0b7-79fe2efd1280 x64 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=acf5f118-fae2-4451-bb46-c1ab7ac4348c
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