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4 min readTo use a POST request correctly within PowerShell, you can use the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet. This cmdlet allows you to interact with RESTful web services and send data in the body of the request. To make a POST request, you will need to specify the URI of the endpoint you want to send the request to, the method (POST), and the data you want to include in the body of the request.Here is an example of how you can make a POST request using Invoke-RestMethod: $uri = "https://api.example.
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7 min readYou can insert text into a textbox on a website using PowerShell by using the InternetExplorer.Application COM object. First, create a new instance of InternetExplorer.Application. Navigate to the website where the textbox is located using the Navigate method. Once on the website, use the GetElementsByTagName method to find the textbox element by its tag name (usually "input"). Set the value property of the textbox element to the desired text.
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5 min readIn PowerShell, you can dynamically reference a variable by using the variable's name inside square brackets and placing a dollar sign in front of the brackets. This allows you to reference the variable based on the value stored in another variable. For example, if you have a variable $var1 that contains the name of another variable, you can reference that variable dynamically by using $var1 inside square brackets like this: ${$var1} or $($var1).
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4 min readTo remove curly brackets from the PowerShell output, you can use the -join operator to concatenate the elements of an array without any delimiter. This will essentially remove the curly brackets and present the output as a string without them. Another option is to use the -replace operator with a regular expression pattern to replace the curly brackets with an empty string. This method allows for more control over which specific characters to remove from the output.
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3 min readTo read an XML attribute with a colon in PowerShell, you can use the Select-Xml cmdlet along with the XPath syntax to access the attribute value. Since a colon in an XML attribute denotes a namespace, you need to specify the namespace when querying the attribute.
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5 min readTo select only valid users via Powershell, you can use filtering criteria such as checking if the user exists in Active Directory, has the required permissions, or meets specific criteria required for validity. You can also use cmdlets like Get-ADUser to retrieve user information and filter the results based on various properties like account status, group membership, or last login time.
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3 min readTo read an XML node text with spaces using PowerShell, you can use the Select-Xml cmdlet to select the specific node and then access its #text property to retrieve the text content. Make sure to properly handle any whitespace characters in the text data.[rating:bd71fa81-0eef-4034-8ac4-1c9739e475e1]How to filter XML node text using criteria in Powershell.
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6 min readIn CMake, linking libraries correctly involves using the target_link_libraries command to specify the libraries that your project depends on. This command should be called after defining the executable or library target in your CMakeLists.txt file.To link a library, you need to provide the name of the target you want to link to (such as a library target or an executable target) and the name of the library you want to link.
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5 min readTo install Protobuf and link it to CMake, you first need to download and install Protobuf following the installation instructions provided on the Protobuf GitHub page. Once Protobuf is installed, you can create a CMakeLists.txt file in your project directory and add instructions to find and link the Protobuf library. This typically involves setting the Protobuf include directory and library directory, as well as linking the protobuf library to your project.
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5 min readCMake is a popular tool for building software projects, and it can also be used to build libraries. To build a library with CMake, you will need to create a CMakeLists.txt file in the root directory of your library project. In this file, you will specify the source files for your library, any dependencies it may have, and any additional compiler options or flags that are needed to build the library correctly.
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4 min readTo set the default library prefix for Windows in CMake, you can use the CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX and CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX variables in your CMakeLists.txt file. These variables allow you to specify the prefix that should be added to the names of static and shared libraries when they are built.
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3 min readTo print the working directory in CMake, you can use the following command: message(STATUS "Current working directory: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}") This will display the current working directory in the CMake output when the project is being configured or built.[rating:88b1ee54-4e67-4dbe-8d25-f12f5fcf2a45]How to troubleshoot issues related to locating and printing the working directory in CMake?Check the CMakeLists.