Windows PowerShell 1.0 Essentials

1. Installing Windows PowerShell 1.0
   • Installing Windows PowerShell on Windows Server 2008
   • Performing a Windows Server 2008 PowerShell Command Line Installation
   • Installing PowerShell on Windows Server 2003, XP and Vista Systems
     
     
2. The Basics of the Windows PowerShell 1.0 Interactive Shell
   • The Windows PowerShell Command Prompt
   • PowerShell Command Line Editing Keys
   • PowerShell Command Completion
   • Customizing the PowerShell Window
     
     
3. The Basics of Creating and Running Windows PowerShell 1.0 Scripts
   • What is a PowerShell Script?
   • An Example Windows PowerShell Script
   • PowerShell 1.0 Script Naming Convention
   • Executing PowerShell Scripts
   • Handling Script Arguments
   • The PowerShell exit Keyword
     
     
4. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Commands and Aliases
   • PowerShell 1.0 Command Summary
   • PowerShell 1.0 Alias Summary
   • Creating and Listing PowerShell Aliases
     
     
5. Windows PowerShell 1.0 String Quoting and Escape Sequences
   • Using Double Quotes
   • Using Single Quotes
   • Using the PowerShell Escape Character
   • PowerShell Special Escape Sequences
     
     
6. Directing and Formatting Windows PowerShell 1.0 Output
   • The Default Output
   • The Out-Host Cmdlet
   • The Out-Printer Cmdlet
   • The Out-File Cmdlet
   • The Out-Null Cmdlet
   • The Out-String Cmdlet
   • Formatting PowerShell Output
     
     
7. Understanding and Creating Windows PowerShell 1.0 Variables
   • Naming a Variable in PowerShell
   • Creating and Assigning a Value to a PowerShell Variable
   • Accessing PowerShell Variable Values
   • Changing the Type of a PowerShell Variable
   • Pre-defined PowerShell Variables
     
     
8. Basic Windows PowerShell 1.0 Types
   • PowerShell Numeric Types
   • Specifying Hexadecimal Numbers
   • PowerShell Boolean Type
   • PowerShell String Type
   • PowerShell Type Casting
     
     
9. Working with Arrays in Windows PowerShell 1.0
   • Creating a Windows PowerShell Array
   • Creating Windows PowerShell Multidimensional Arrays
   • Obtaining the Length of an Array
   • Accessing Elements in a Windows PowerShell Array
   • Accessing Elements in a Windows PowerShell Multidimensional Array
   • Adding new Elements to a Windows PowerShell Array
   • Combining Windows PowerShell Arrays
     
     
10. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Hashtables
    • Creating PowerShell Hashtables
    • Accessing Hashtable Elements
    • Modifying Windows PowerShell Hashtable Elements
    • Adding Elements to a Windows PowerShell Hashtable
    • Removing Elements from a Windows PowerShell Hashtable
    • Clearing All Elements from a Windows PowerShell Hashtable
    • Combining Hashtables
    • Listing Hashtable Count, Keys and Values
      
      
11. Basic Windows PowerShell 1.0 Operators
    • What is an Expression?
    • Windows PowerShell Basic Assignment Operator
    • Windows PowerShell Compound Assignment Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Arithmetic Operators
    • PowerShell Increment and Decrement Operators
    • Windows PowerShell & Operator
    • Windows PowerShell Bitwise and Logical Operators
      
      
12. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Comparison and Containment Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Comparison Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Containment Operators
    • Performing Windows PowerShell Comparisons
    • Using Comparison Operators with Arrays and Collections
    • Using PowerShell Containment Operators
      
      
13. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Pipes and Redirection
    • PowerShell Pipes
    • Windows PowerShell Redirection Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Redirection
    • Redirecting Error Output
      
      
14. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Flow Control with if, else and elseif
    • Using the if Statement
    • Using if ... else .. Statements
    • Using if ... elseif .. Statements
    • Summary
      
      
15. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Looping with the for and foreach Statements
    • The PowerShell for Loop
    • Creating an Infinite for Loop
    • Breaking Out of a for Loop
    • Nested for Loops
    • Breaking From Nested Loops with Labels
    • Continuing for Loops
    • Windows PowerShell foreach Loops
      
      
16. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Looping with do and while Statements
    • The Windows PowerShell while Loop
    • Windows PowerShell do ... while loops
    • Breaking from while Loops
    • The continue Statement
      
      
17. The Windows PowerShell 1.0 switch Statement
    • Why Use a switch Statement?
    • Windows PowerShell switch Statement Syntax
    • A switch Statement Example
    • Explaining the Example
    • Using break in a Windows PowerShell switch Statement
    • The switch $_ Variable
    • Using Expressions in a Windows PowerShell switch Statement
    • Wildcards, Regular Expressions and Case Sensitivity in switch Statements
    • Using switch Statements to Iterate Through Ranges and Collections
    • Using the continue Statement
      
      
18. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Functions
    • Creating and Calling a Simple Windows PowerShell Function
    • Passing Parameters to a Function
    • Specifying Named Parameters
    • Function Parameter Initialization
    • Specifying Function Parameter Types
    • Using Functions in a Pipeline
    • Returning from Functions
    • Windows PowerShell Function Administration
      
      
19. Working with File Systems in Windows PowerShell 1.0
    • Getting Disk Drive Information
    • Creating New Windows PowerShell Drives
    • Getting Information About Network Drives in PowerShell
    • Windows PowerShell File System Directory Listings
    • Copying, Remaining and Deleting Files and Directories
      
      
20. Windows PowerShell 1.0 File Handling
    • Getting File Properties
    • Changing File Properties with Set-ItemProperty
    • Reading Text Files in Windows PowerShell
    • Reading Binary Files in Windows PowerShell
    • Writing to Files in Windows PowerShell
    • Searching for Strings in Files with Windows PowerShell
      
      
21. An Overview of Windows PowerShell 1.0 and .NET
    • The Basics of .NET
    • Exploring .NET Assemblies in Windows PowerShell
    • Loading .NET Assemblies into Windows PowerShell
    • .NET Static Members and Properties
    • Instance Members and Properties
    • Listing the Methods and Properties of a .NET Class
      
      
22. Creating GUIs in Windows PowerShell 1.0 with WinForms
    • An Overview of WinForms
    • Loading the Winforms .NET Assembly
    • A Basic Windows PowerShell GUI
    • Windows PowerShell and WinForms Events
    • Setting WinForms Properties
    • Bringing it all Together
      
      
23. Drawing Graphics using PowerShell 1.0 and GDI+
    • An Overview of GDI+
    • Loading the GDI+ and WinForms .NET Assemblies
    • Creating Drawing Objects
    • Setting Properties of a GDI+ Drawing Object
    • Creating the WinForms Form and the Graphics Object
    • The Paint Event Handler
    • Drawing Graphics with Windows PowerShell and GDI+
    • Bringing it All Together
      
      
24. Using COM with Windows PowerShell

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