VBScript in a Nutshell

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Title: VBScript in a Nutshell ISBN: 1565927206 Pub Date: May 2000 Pages: 508

Book Description

Microsoft's Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), a subset of Visual Basic for Applications, is a powerful language for Internet application development, where it can serve as a scripting language for server-side Internet applications (i.e., Active Server Pages), and client-side Web pages. It can also be used for system scripting (i.e., Windows Script Host scripts) and programming Outlook forms. 

The greater part of this book is an alphabetical VBScript language reference to all VBScript statements, keywords and objects, emphasizing the following details: 

• The syntax, using standard code conventions 
• A list of arguments accepted by the function or procedure, if any exist 
• A description of the data returned by a function 
• A discussion of how and where the keyword should be used within the scripting environment 
• A section of notes and solutions to real-world gotchas, and various undocumented behaviors and aspects of the language that help the  reader avoid potential problems 
• A section that focuses on the differences between the language element in VBA and in VBScript 
• A brief example to illustrate the use of the keyword 
• A cross-reference to other keywords

Supplementing this focus on VBScript language essentials is a wealth of additional information about VBScript, including: 

• Basic language information on VBScript data types, constants, variables, and arrays 
• The difference between VBScript and VBA or JavaScript 
• The use of the MSIE, Active Server, Outlook, and Windows Script Host object models to interface a script with the application it's controlling 
• Tables listing VBScript functions and statements by category 
• The version-specific features of VBScript

Regardless of the types of scripts you're using VBScript to create, VBScript in a Nutshell is the only book you'll need by your side--a complete and easy-to-use language reference. 

Table of Contents

Part I. The Basics

Chapter 1. Introduction 
VBScript's History and Uses 
What VBScript Is Used For: Gluing Together Objects 
Differences Between VBScript and VBA 
Chapter 2. Program Structure 
Functions and Procedures 
Class Modules 
The Script Level 
Reusable Code Libraries 
Chapter 3. Data Types and Variables 
VBScript Data Types: The Many Faces of the Variant 
Variables and Constants 
Chapter 4. Error Handling and Debugging 
Debugging 
Error Handling 
Common Problems Areas, and How to Avoid Them 
Chapter 5. VBScript with Active Server Pages 
How ASP Works 
Active Server Pages Object Model 
Chapter 6. Programming Outlook Forms 
Why Program Outlook Forms? 
The Form-Based Development Environment 
Running Your Code 
Program Flow 
The Outlook Object Model 
Accessing Other Object Models 
Chapter 7. Windows Script Host 
Why Use WSH? 
Running WSH Scripts 
Program Flow 
The WSH Object Model 
WSH Language Elements 
Accessing Other Object Models 
Chapter 8. VBScript with Internet Explorer 
The <SCRIPT> Tag 
What Can You Do with Client-Side Scripting? 
Understanding the IE Object Model 

Part II. Reference

Chapter 9. The Language Reference 

Part III. Appendixes

Appendix A. Language Elements by Category 
Appendix B. VBScript Constants 
Appendix C. Operators 

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