With the advent of client-side scripting, it is possible to create programs that run on a user's browser in response to particular user actions, like passing the mouse over a hyperlink or clicking a standard HTML command button. By taking advantage of client-side scripts, web pages can be made more interactive, and programs that ran as (usually CGI) applications on the server before client-side scripting can now execute on the browser, in the process improving the performance of a web site's web pages. In Learning VBScript, Paul Lomax shows how to take full advantage of client-side scripting using Microsoft's own scripting language, Visual Basic Scripting Edition, or VBScript. Learning VBScript consists of three distinct sections that quickly teach the reader how take advantage of client-side scripting to enhance a web site's pages:

• A fast-paced introduction to VBScript that covers the basic features of the language and their syntax. Although these tutorial chapters are written primarily for web content providers, they also explore the difference between VBScript and Visual Basic for Applications, the programming language used both in Visual Basic and in the individual components of Microsoft Office, making them of interest to the millions of VBA programmers who are fairly new to the Web and to developing web pages.
• An introduction to the Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) object model. By accessing the events, properties, and methods exposed by the browser's object model, VBScript is transformed from a fairly powerless programming language into a powerful development tool that can be used to control the browser, allowing the creation of complex interactive web pages.
• A series of chapters, each of which examines a set of techniques that use client-side scripting to enhance the interactivity and attractiveness of a web site.

In focusing on techniques for creating professional, scripted web pages, Learning VBScript includes chapters on the following:

Creating documents "on the fly" from a script running on the browser

Fully describing hyperlinks when the user's mouse passes over them

Performing validation on data entered by the user before it is submitted to the server

Incorporating ActiveX controls in a web page

>Using VBScript's error handling feature to anticipate and handle user errors

Handling different browsers, particularly MSIE, Netscape Navigator, and the older browsers that don't support scripting

The CD-ROM accompanying Learning VBScript includes over 170 code samples, and allows you to retrieve examples by category; you can, for instance, retrieve hyperlinks to all the web pages that include ActiveX controls. In addition, the CD-ROM includes a complete shopping cart application that can be easily customized for your own needs. Whether you're a content provider who wants to add client-side scripts to web pages or a Visual Basic programmer who wants to begin creating web applications, Learning VBScript is the definitive guide that takes you through the rudiments of the language and covers the techniques needed to develop professional web pages.

Learning VBScript Review,  January 01 2000
Submitted by G Givan   [Respond | View]



I recieved this book for christmas as a present from my father. While I am still hope to learn from this book, I have doubts. I loaded the CD-ROM's html page, only to find that it doesn't work. I checked my version of VBscript (5.0) and can't believe how this could have happened. As a rule, I don't even consider buying a computer book unless its an O'Reilly. I have always, and will continue to, simply scan the shelves for the animals at the top of the spine.


Learning VBScript Review,  November 09 1999
Submitted by Daesoon Kim   [Respond | View]



The book is very excellent one of books I read about VBScript. Currently, I'm teaching VBScript for course of electronic commerce. Without any other assistant materials, I can teach students only with this book. And all examples are good appropriate for each subject. I would like to ask the author add some exercises for it.


Learning VBScript Review,  September 25 1999
Submitted by JSPC Services, Inc.   [Respond | View]



I teach VBScript. This is an excellent Student Guide. I would like to see additional Lab exercises and self-checking exercises. These can be published in another document and could be available to instructors.


Learning VBScript Review,  August 10 1999
Submitted by Clinton Bowen   [Respond | View]



This boook is great. A little bit too long but after you read the whole book, it makes you feel like the master of all Web Sites!!!!!!!! Plus it is very informative.


Learning VBScript Review,  August 05 1999
Submitted by Wilfredo Barreto USAWC   [Respond | View]



Good reference, Well organized.


Learning VBScript Review,  January 10 1999
Submitted by Robert McLeish   [Respond | View]



A great book - very informative!


Learning VBScript Review,  September 17 1998
Submitted by Stefano Rancati from Siemens Telecomunic   [Respond | View]



Wonderful ! It is much expensive, but it is extraordinary;

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