3. Scripting and Objects
In This Chapter
• This chapter introduces the concepts of objects, methods, and properties. It provides the background you need for the following seven chapters.
• Read this chapter to see how to use the objects provided with Windows Script Host with different scripting languages.
• To get the most out of this chapter, you should be familiar with at least one script programming language.
• The last section of the chapter shows how you can learn about the many undocumented objects provided with Windows.
Introduction to Objects
All the Windows Scripting languages that I discussed in Chapter 1, “Windows Script Host,” provide the basic tools to control a script’s execution and to manipulate strings, numbers, dates, ...
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