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VBScript in a Nutshell
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VBScript in a Nutshell

by Matt Childs, Paul Lomax, Ron Petrusha
May 1995
Beginner
508 pages
16h 14m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Symbols

#include server-side directive, Active Server Pages
& concatenation (string) operator, String Operator
* multiplication operator, Arithmetic Operators
+ addition operator, Arithmetic Operators
, comment tags, Using <!——> with <SCRIPT>
- subtraction operator, Arithmetic Operators
. dot delimiter, Err object properties
. period, Err object properties
.doc files, Accessing Other Object Models
.rtf files, Accessing Other Object Models
.vbs files, Windows Script Host, Running WSH Scripts, Simple Script Files
.wsf files, Windows Script Host, Windows Script Host, Running WSH Scripts, Script Files with XML Code, WSH Language Elements
/ division operator, Arithmetic Operators
//Job: switch, Script Files with XML Code
< less than operator, Comparison Operators
= equal to operator, Comparison Operators
> greater than operator, Comparison Operators
^ exponentiation operator, Arithmetic Operators

A

Abandon method, Session object (ASP), Session
abbreviations for top-level registry keys, The WshShell Object
Abs function, Abs Function
absolute pathnames, FileSystemObject.GetAbsolutePathName Method
absolute values, Abs Function
accessing file data, TextStream.Read Method , See Also
accessing other object models
from Outlook forms, Accessing Other Object Models
from WSH, Accessing Other Object Models
Actions property, current item (Outlook), The Current Item
Activate method, Inspector object (Outlook), The Inspector Object
Active Server Pages (see ASP)
Active Server Pages object model (see ASP, object model)
activeElement ...
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