VBScript in a Nutshell
by Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, & Ron Petrusha 


This page lists the changes made in the 1/01 printing.  


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        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
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(xiii)  The text of the "How to Contact Us" section has been updated.  It now
reads:

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(1)  The first sentence did read:

        "...VBScript, the scritping language..."

Now reads:

        "...VBScript, the scripting language..."


{17}  In the 4th bold line of code in Example 2-2, the conversion from inches 
to millimeters should be 25.4, not 27.3.


[33-34]  The first and last lines of Example 2-12 have been removed.  The
first line was "<%", and the last line was "%>".


(38)  The exponent of the last number in the "Double" paragraph did read:

        "...E-308..."

Now reads:

        "...E308..."


(82)  In the last line in the sidebar, changed "replsces" to "replaces."


(171)  In the second table on the page, the bottom entry in the right column
did read:

        "Moves the focus to the textbox control..."

Now reads:

        "Moves the focus to the checkbox control..."


{205}  In the CreateObject Function section, the CreateObject syntax statement 
was missing.  The following line has been inserted below the "Syntax" 
subheading:

        CreateObject(servername.Typename [, Location])


{213}  Under "Rules at a Glance," the first bullet did read:

        "The calculation performed by DateDiff is always date2-date1.
        Therefore, if date1 chronologically precedes date2, the value 
        returned by the function is negative."

Now reads:

        "The calculation performed by DateDiff is always date2-date1. 
        Therefore, if date1 chronologically follows date2, the value 
        returned by the function is negative."


(219)  Day Function, dateexpression parameter description;
Changed "The path of the directory to set as the new default directory" to 
"Any expression capable of conversion to a Date."


(315)  Syntax statement, last line;
Changed "Next [counter]" to "Next".


(316)  Code in 1st bulleted item of Prog Tips & Gotchas section;
Changed "Next iMinute" to "Next".
Changed "Next iHour" to "Next".
Changed "Next iDay" to "Next".


(317)  Last line of the For Each...Next syntax; 
Changed "Next [element]" to "Next".


{320}  In the second bulleted item, changed "...parameters are 1..." to 
"...parameters are -1..."

In addition, the 3-line block of code that began "Const ForReading = 1" has
been changed to the following:

        Const TristateTrue = -1
        Const TristateFalse = 0
        Const TristateUseDefault = -2


<367>  The second bulleted list item under "VBA/VBScript Differences" has 
been deleted.


(367)  Option Explicit Statement, Desription, line 1;
Changed "to generate a compile-time error" to "to generate an error."


(407)  In the section on the Set statement, changed "Syntax 2" to be the same
level of heading as "Syntax 1." 


(407-411)  In the headers and footers, changed "Syntax 2" to "Set Statement".