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  Its surprisingly easy to programatically add a drop down list to Word document   $Word = New-Object -Com Word.Application $word.visible = $true $template = "c:\test\template.docx"   $Doc = $Word.Documents.Open($template) $Doc.Activate()    $cntrl = [Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdContentControlType], "wdContentControlDropdownList") $objCC = $doc.ContentControls.Add($cntrl) $objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add("PowerShell") $objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add("Ruby") $objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add("Perl")   Create the COM object for Word and set visible.  Open a template (in this […]

Each version of PowerShell introduces a new headline feature – remoting, workflows, DSC, OneGet in version 2,3,4 and 5 respectively. While this can change the way we work there are also a host of little changes that come along that are often overlooked.   One example is a change to Get-ChildItem introduced in PowerShell 3.0. […]

I was asked recently about persisting PowerShell objects. The idea was to test a particular property on a semi-regular basis and save the object with the highest value for the property.  If the next test has a higher value it is saved and overwrites the existing object.   There are a number of ways to […]

Yesterday this blog alone went over the 1,000,000 hits for the year – if you include its mirror sites that comes to over 1,240,000 in total for this year   Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read my posts

Are you planning on attending the PowerShell Summit Europe 2015.  If so what topics would you like to see covered. The Summit is deliberately pitched at a high level so you won’t find beginner level content.   If there’s a topic you’d like to be included in the agenda – leave a comment explaining what […]

The PowerShell Summit is the number one conference where PowerShell enthusiasts gather and learn from each other in fast-paced, knowledge packed presentations. PowerShell experts from all over the world including MVP’s, Guru’s, community leaders and PowerShell team members, will once again join together for a few days in Stockholm, Sweden to discuss and learn about […]

I was asked how to create a NIC team only using the 1GB adapters without knowing how many 1gb NICs were on the server.   I think this should solve the problem   New-NetLbfoTeam -TeamMembers (Get-NetAdapter | where Speed -ge 1gb | select -ExpandProperty Name) -Name MyTeam   Use New-NetLbfoTeam to create the team. The […]

Manning’s Deal of the Day for 18 November 2014 includes PowerShell in Depth, second edition and PowerShell and WMI

Strange as it may seem PowerShell 1.0 was release in November 2006. In that time we’ve had a lot of changes: – PowerShell support added to all major Microsoft products – except Office! – Third party adoption of PowerShell – I am now disappointed if a product doesn’t have PowerShell support rather than being surprised […]

I received my copies of the print version of PowerShell in Depth, second edition today.  Amazon shows it being available in a couple of days Enjoy