Appendix A. Language Elements by Category

This appendix lists all the functions and statements, available within the VBScript language by category. The categories are:

Section A.1
Section A.2
Section A.3
Section A.4
Section A.5
Section A.6
Section A.7
Section A.8
Section A.9
Section A.10
Section A.11
Section A.12
Section A.13
Section A.14
Section A.15
Section A.16
Section A.17

Where necessary, individual language elements may appear in more than one category. Note that neither constants nor operators are listed here; the former are listed in Appendix B, while the latter appear in Appendix C.

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