May 24, 2000
O'Reilly Releases New "Nutshell" Book -- VBScript in a Nutshell
Sebastopol, CA--O'Reilly's latest book in the esteemed "In a Nutshell" series,
VBScript
in a Nutshell, was written to give
VBScript developers the in-depth, real-world information that Help
files simply can't provide.
This new quick reference distills the experiences of professional
developers who have created complex VB and VBScript applications--all
day, every day, for years--into the concise, no-nonsense Nutshell
format.
Whether developing for the Web, automating Windows, or customizing
Microsoft Outlook, VBScript in a Nutshell shows how to write clear,
efficient VBScript code. Focusing on the core language, the book
consists of a VBScript language reference, which contains all VBScript
statements, keywords, and objects. This alphabetical language reference
provides the following details:
- The keyword's syntax, using standard code conventions
- A list of arguments, if any, accepted by the function or procedure
- Notes and solutions to real-world gotchas, and various undocumented
behaviors and aspects of the language that help the reader avoid
potential problems
- A description of the data returned by a function
- How and where the keyword should be used within the scripting
environment
- Differences between the language element in VBA and
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 and VBA or JavaScript
- 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 your level of VBScript experience, this is the book that
you'll keep, dog-eared, by your computer--both as your desktop
reference to the language and as a tool for troubleshooting programming
problems.
Online Resources:
VBScript in a Nutshell
By Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, & Ron Petrusha
May 2000
1-56592-720-6, 486 pages, $24.95
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1-800-998-9938
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