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As a Windows PowerShell Snapin, PowerGadgets lets you easily explore, visualize and monitor enterprise data from virtually any data source, including traditional databases and text files, with little or no coding involved.

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First, lets get familiar with Windows PowerShell terms. A cmdlet (pronounced "command-let") is the smallest unit of functionality in the Windows PowerShell and it is directly analogous to the built-in commands in other shells. With Windows PowerShell, most commands are very simple and very small, hence the term cmdlet. A cmdlet is referred to by a verb and noun pair, separated by a "-". For example: get-process.

Windows PowerShell provides a new conceptual model for "piping" or command-to-command communication that is based on .NET objects, rather than text. PowerGadgets read directly from the properties of the objects that cmdlets emit to construct a graphical representation on your desktop. So, before a PowerGadgets cmdlet creates a visual gadget, you first must obtain data from a desired source. For example: get-process | out-chart.

To introduce you to these concepts and other PowerGadgets techniques, we have created a series of movies that will guide you through your first PowerShell/PowerGadgets scripts.

Video Tutorials

  • Film Iconinvoke-sql cmdlet | 1:42 Mins

    Illustrates the use of PowerGadgets invoke-sql cmdlet to retrieve information from a SQL Server 2005 database. You can also monitor database data at real-time with PowerGadgets.

  • Film Iconget-process cmdlet | 1:22 Mins

    Use PowerShell's get-process cmdlet and quickly inspect your system processes. Even use the chart to kill processes by piping the kill cmdlet after the out-chart cmdlet.

  • Film IconCreate Map Gadgets | 1:12 Mins

    Import information from a CSV file to plot election results in a US map. PowerGadgets provides a full library of US maps including 3-digit zip-code, 5-digit zip-code and counties. In addition, you can export this map to a file or any other Windows Productivity tool such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.

  • Film IconMonitor via WMI | 2:25 Mins

    You can easily obtain any WMI object and display it on a radial gauge that refreshes every second. In this case, we are retrieving the Total Processor Time. You can monitor virtually any system information with PowerGadgets and WMI.

  • Film IconChart Templates | 2:40 Mins

    Create chart templates with the PowerGadgets Creator User Interface.

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