VBScript in a Nutshell
By
Paul Lomax,
Matt Childs,
Ron Petrusha
May 2000
Pages: 508
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Table of Contents
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The Basics
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Chapter 1 Introduction
- VBScript's History and Uses
- What VBScript Is Used For: Gluing Together Objects
- Differences Between VBScript and VBA
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Chapter 2 Program Structure
- Functions and Procedures
- Class Modules
- The Script Level
- Reusable Code Libraries
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Chapter 3 Data Types and Variables
- VBScript Data Types: The Many Faces of the Variant
- Variables and Constants
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Chapter 4 Error Handling and Debugging
- Debugging
- Error Handling
- Common Problems Areas, and How to Avoid Them
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Chapter 5 VBScript with Active Server Pages
- How ASP Works
- Active Server Pages Object Model
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Chapter 6 Programming Outlook Forms
- Why Program Outlook Forms?
- The Form-Based Development Environment
- Running Your Code
- Program Flow
- The Outlook Object Model
- Accessing Other Object Models
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Chapter 7 Windows Script Host
- Why Use WSH?
- Running WSH Scripts
- Program Flow
- The WSH Object Model
- WSH Language Elements
- Accessing Other Object Models
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Chapter 8 VBScript with Internet Explorer
- The <SCRIPT> Tag
- What Can You Do with Client-Side Scripting?
- Understanding the IE Object Model
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Reference
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Chapter 9 The Language Reference
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Appendixes
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Appendix A Language Elements by Category
- Array Handling
- Assignment
- Comment
- Constants
- Data Subtype Conversion
- Date and Time
- Dictionary Object
- Error Handling
- File System Objects
- Information Functions
- Mathematical and Numeric
- Miscellaneous
- Object Programming
- Program Structure and Flow
- String Manipulation
- User Interaction
- Variable Declaration
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Appendix B VBScript Constants
- Color Constants
- Comparison Constants
- Date and Time Constants
- Date Format Constants
- Error Constant
- Logical and TriState Constants
- Message Box Constants
- String Constants
- Variable Type Constants
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Appendix C Operators
- Arithmetic Operators
- String Operator
- Comparison Operators
- Logical and Bitwise Operators
- Operator Precedence
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