VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 0596004885
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 335

Authors: Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, Ron Petrusha

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Part I: The Basics

Introduction

• Introduction
• VBScripts History and Uses
• What VBScript Is Used For: Gluing Together Objects
• Differences Between VBScript and VBA

Program Structure

• Program Structure
• Functions and Procedures
• Classes
• Global Code
• Reusable Code Libraries

Data Types and Variables

• VBScript Data Types: The Many Faces of the Variant
• Variables and Constants

Error Handling and Debugging

• Error Handling and Debugging
• Debugging
• Error Handling
• Common Problem Areas and How to Avoid Them

VBScript with Active Server Pages

• VBScript with Active Server Pages
• How ASP Works
• Active Server Pages Object Model

Programming Outlook Forms

• 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

Windows Script Host 5.6

• Windows Script Host 5.6
• Why Use WSH?
• Program Flow
• The WSH Object Model
• WSH Language Elements
• Accessing Other Object Models

VBScript with Internet Explorer

• VBScript with Internet Explorer
• The SCRIPT Tag
• What Can You Do with Client-Side Scripting?
• Understanding the IE Object Model

Windows Script Components

• Windows Script Components
• The Script Component Wizard
• Writing Component Code
• Using the Component
• WSC Programming Topics

Part II: Reference

• The Language Reference

Part III: Appendixes

• Appendix D. Locale IDs

Appendix A. Language Elements by Category

• Appendix A. Language Elements by Category
• Section A.1. Array Handling
• Section A.3. Comment
• Section A.5. Data Type Conversion
• Section A.6. Date and Time
• Section A.7. Dictionary Object
• Section A.8. Error Handling
• Section A.9. File System Objects
• Section A.10. Information Functions
• Section A.11. Mathematical and Numeric
• Section A.12. Miscellaneous
• Section A.13. Object Programming
• Section A.14. Program Structure and Flow
• Section A.15. String Manipulation
• Section A.16. User Interaction
• Section A.17. Variable Declaration

Appendix B. VBScript Constants

• Appendix B. VBScript Constants
• Section B.1. Color Constants
• Section B.2. Comparison Constants
• Section B.3. Date and Time Constants
• Section B.4. Date Format Constants
• Section B.5. Error Constant
• Section B.6. Logical and TriState Constants
• Section B.7. Message Box Constants
• Section B.8. String Constants
• Section B.9. Variable Type Constants

Appendix C. Operators

• Appendix C. Operators
• Section C.1. Arithmetic Operators
• Section C.2. String Operator
• Section C.3. Comparison Operators
• Section C.4. Logical and Bitwise Operators
• Section C.5. Operator Precedence

Appendix E. The Script Encoder

• Appendix E. The Script Encoder
• Section E.1. How Encoding and Decoding Works
• Section E.2. Script Encoder Syntax