July 2002
Intermediate to advanced
736 pages
16h 43m
English
ROAD MAP
Start here to learn the mechanics of writing and running script files.
This chapter is an overview of scripting, scripting languages, and the commands used to run scripts.
Once you've started writing scripts, return to this chapter for a refresher on the Script Debugger.
The last section tells where to go on the Internet to get scripting questions answered and to get more information.
The short answer to this question might be, a Windows script is a program written in an interpreted language with access to OS components through the COM object model. Although accurate, it's not a very useful answer to anyone but a computer scientist. I think scripting is important for everyone ...