Microsoft WSH and VBScript Programming for the Absolute Beginner

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-11
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning PTR
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Summary

VBScript is an excellent first programming language to learn. Its simplicity makes learning basic programming concepts easy. Yet VBScript is a powerful scripting language from which you can learn even the most complex programming concepts such as how to perform object-based programming. Unlike Visual Basic, VBA, and many other programming languages, there is no complex development environment to learn. In fact, you can create all your VBScripts using a simple text editor such as Windows Notepad. VBScripts can be run on WSH (Windows Script Host) and several other environments. If you are new to programming with Microsoft WSH and VBScript and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science professors, books in the for the absolute beginnerÖ series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. You will acquire the skills that you need for more practical WSH and VBScript programming applications and will learn how these skills can be put to use in real-world scenarios. Best of all, by the time you finish this book, you will be able to apply the basic principles youÆve learned to the next programming language you tackle.

Table of Contents

Introducing the WSH and VBScript
Getting Started with the WSH and VBScript
Overview of the Windows Script Host
Learning VBScript & WSH Scripting
VBScript Basics
Constants, Variables, Arrays and Dictionaries
Conditional Logic
Processing Collections of Data
Using Procedures to Organize Scripts
Advanced Topics
Storing and Retrieving Data
Handling Script Errors
Using the Windows Registry to Configure Scripts Settings
Working with Built-in VBScript Objects
Combining Different Scripting Languages
Working with Windows Management Instrumentation
Appendices
WSH Administrative Scripting
Introducing Remote WSH
Built-In VBScript Functions
What's on the Companion Web Site?
What Next?
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