Advanced VBScript for Microsoft® Windows® Administrators

Chapter 4. Windows Script Components

In this chapter:

Understanding COM Objects, Methods, and Properties

Understanding Windows Script Components

Using the Script Component Wizard

Working with Properties

Working with Methods

Working with Events

Creating a Windows Script Component with a Script Editor

Viewing a Windows Script Component in Action

Summary

If you’ve developed complex VBScript code that you want to use in other scripts, packaging it into a Windows Script Component is a good way to do that. By turning your code into a component, you can use it as you would any other COM object. The Windows Script Component is packaged in an XML format, but there is an easy way to generate an XML skeleton, which we’ll walk you through. We will also give you an ...