May 1995
Beginner
508 pages
16h 14m
English
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How This Book Is Structured
This book is divided into three parts. The first part of the book, Part I, is an introduction to the main features and concepts of VBScript programming, as well as an examination of how VBScript is used in its four major scripted environments: Active Server Pages, Windows Script Host, Outlook forms programming, and client-side scripting for Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE).
Even seasoned VB professionals should find items of interest here. If you’re new to VB, this part of the book is essential reading. This part is divided into the following chapters:
- Chapter 1
In this chapter, you’ll find information on the VBScript language and how it fits in to the family of VB products. We’ll also discuss the notion that a scripting language is a kind of “glue” meant to hold together and control various objects. Finally, there’s also a short discussion of the history of VBA.
- Chapter 2
This chapter details how to create the basic program structures in VBScript; how to implement classes, procedures, functions, and properties, and how program follow proceeds in a VBScript program.
- Chapter 3
VBScript actually only has a single data type, the variant. This chapter looks at the variant and all its data subtypes and shows how to use them.
- Chapter 4
On the assumption that we all strive to create robust applications, this chapter covers error handling in your VBScript application and discusses the process of debugging in order to identify and remove program bugs.
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