[out-map: setting default values]

FYI, we have been discussing internally whether to support the scenario you described as part of the standard behavior. Nothing has been decided yet, though.

[Increasing the font when doing a mouse-over on a map]

Yes, you're right.

[out-map: setting default values]

In our highlighting algorithm we only dim the elements that contain data. Your solution of passing dummy data (0) and applying a conditional attribute seems to be the only option at this time.

[Increasing the font when doing a mouse-over on a map]

Yes, this is a documentation error. It should have said ConditionalAttributes_0_From and ConditionalAttributes_0_To, used to set the conditional attributes range. We will fix it in the next build. Thank you for reporting this to us.

[out-map -labellinkfile and -createlabellinkfile]

I wanted to let you know that we have fixed the bug caused by the & sign in the SVG's, without the need to modify the SVG source maps. The fix has not been made public yet, though. We don't know exactly when the public build will contain this fix, but we hope we can upload it within the next couple of weeks.

[Licensing for home users and students]

We provide special pricing for volume licensing, however we acknowledge this is mostly for enterprise customers. Special licensing for home users and students will be treated on a per-case basis. Please contact us at sales@powergadgets.com for further details.

[Group for sharing cool scripts]

We have been thinking about it for some time, but weren't sure whether users would be willing to share their scripts or not. We will probably create a forum for shared scripts in the near future. Also, we expect to create a PowerGadgets Team blog in the short term.

Ivan GiugniPowerGadgets

[out-map -labellinkfile and -createlabellinkfile]

I have detected the following issue with createlabellinkfile: we create the xml file based on the SVG objects' structure, but one of the object names (Sao Tome & Principe) causes an invalid xml. We will review all of our maps to avoid the use of non xml-standard characters, but in the meantime there is a workaround. Add another entry to the script where you make modifications to the xml file, including a fix for Sao Tome & Principe as follows:

elseif($_ -match "<DataText>Sao Tome & Principe</DataText>"){   write-output "<DataText>Sao Tome and Principe</DataText>"  }  elseif($_ -match "<DisplayText>Sao Tome & Principe</DisplayText>"){   write-output "<DisplayText>Sao Tome and Principe</DisplayText>"  }  elseif($_ -match "<SvgText>Sao Tome & Principe</SvgText>"){   write-output "<SvgText>Sao Tome and Principe</SvgText>"  }Now that you have a valid XML, all you have to do is populate the map with a datasource containing the data in your desired format. For example, I created a basic Data.csv file with the following data:

Country,PopulationUSA,100United Kingdom,120The Netherlands,130France,140Argentina,80

Then I get the data from the csv and pass it to out-map as follows:

import-csv data.csv | out-map -label Country -value Population -MapSource World\WorldCountries -LabelLinkFile countries.xml

Note that I need to specify the column used as label and the column used as value because import-csv returns all the data as string. If you use a different datasource in which the values are returned as numbers (e.g. invoke-sql), then you wouldn't need that.

 

[Refresh]

I tried your command on a system using the trial version and everything seems to work fine. Are you using the latest trial version available at the website (www.powergadgets.com)?

Are you running this on a Windows Vista system? I ask you this because get-wmiobject requires you to run PowerShell as an administrator in Windows Vista if you have UAC enabled (default setting).

Regards

Ivan Giugni
PowerGadgets

[out-map doesn't work ...]

Thank you for reporting this to us. We have fixed this issue and a new installer including this fix will be uploaded later today.

[Custom Maps documentation]

We don't support the full SVG specification. Also, you need to group certain objects in a particular manner. Please contact us at support@powergadgets.com for further details about custom svg for maps.

[out-map -listobjects works?]

I don't think it's related to the fact that you installed PowerGadgets first. The link pretty much does the work of add-pssnapin so you don't have to do it manually everytime.

We don't have a mailing list for updates. I recommend you to keep an eye on our website. I hope we can upload a new installer before the end of this week.

[out-map -listobjects works?]

The out-map -listobjects command works fine with our internal build, which is a little newer than the trial version. We will post newer trail bits later this week, which should fix this issue. Can you please confirm the command you're executing? Are you running simply out-map -listobjects?

[out-map .NET error]

What happens if you do out-map only?

Does the MyTemplate.pgt file exist? Where is it stored? Can you attach it here?