VBScript in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Childs, Matt; Lomax, Paul; Petrusha, Ron

ISBN 10: 1565927206 / ISBN 13: 9781565927209

Editore: O'Reilly Media (edition 1), 2000

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• Titolo: VBScript in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
• Editore: O'Reilly Media (edition 1)
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1565927206
• ISBN 13: 9781565927209
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: 1.
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

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 majority of this book consists of a VBScript language reference, which contains all VBScript statements, keywords and objects. This alphabetical language reference will provide 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 This focus on VBScript language essentials is supplemented by a wealth of additional information about VBScript, including: Basic language information on VBScript data types, constants, variables, and arrays The difference between VBScript, on the one hand, and VBA or JavaScript, on the other 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 as a complete and easy-to-use language reference.

Contenuti

Preface; Why This Book?; Who Should Read This Book?; How This Book Should Be Used; How This Book Is Structured; Conventions in This Book; How To Contact Us; The Basics; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 VBScript’s History and Uses; 1.2 What VBScript Is Used For: Gluing Together Objects; 1.3 Differences Between VBScript and VBA; Chapter 2: Program Structure; 2.1 Functions and Procedures; 2.2 Class Modules; 2.3 The Script Level; 2.4 Reusable Code Libraries; Chapter 3: Data Types and Variables; 3.1 VBScript Data Types: The Many Faces of the Variant; 3.2 Variables and Constants; Chapter 4: Error Handling and Debugging; 4.1 Debugging; 4.2 Error Handling; 4.3 Common Problems Areas, and How to Avoid Them; Chapter 5: VBScript with Active Server Pages; 5.1 How ASP Works; 5.2 Active Server Pages Object Model; Chapter 6: Programming Outlook Forms; 6.1 Why Program Outlook Forms?; 6.2 The Form-Based Development Environment; 6.3 Running Your Code; 6.4 Program Flow; 6.5 The Outlook Object Model; 6.6 Accessing Other Object Models; Chapter 7: Windows Script Host; 7.1 Why Use WSH?; 7.2 Running WSH Scripts; 7.3 Program Flow; 7.4 The WSH Object Model; 7.5 WSH Language Elements; 7.6 Accessing Other Object Models; Chapter 8: VBScript with Internet Explorer; 8.1 The