VBScript in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Childs, Matt; Lomax, Paul; Petrusha, Ron

ISBN 10: 1565927206 / ISBN 13: 9781565927209

Edité par O'Reilly Media (edition 1), 2000

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• Titre: VBScript in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
• Éditeur: O'Reilly Media (edition 1)
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1565927206
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781565927209
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 1.
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

Microsoft's Visual Basic Scripting Edition, or VBScript, is a lightweight scripting language originally developed for use in client-side scripts run by a web browser. Since its release, it has also become thé primary scripting language used in Active Server Pages (ASP) applications, as well as in Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts and programmable Outlook forms. In view of its significance and popularity, it's surprising that VBScript is minimally documented in a single rather tiare-bones HTML Help file that accompanies VBScript itself. But in VBScript in a Nutshell, you'll find thé complete documentation that you need to put the VBScript language to effective use when developing your scripts. The bulk of the book consists of an alphabetical reference to the statements, procedures, and functions of the VBScript language, as well as to the objects, properties, and methods of the Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library. Each entry has a standardized listing containing the following information: • The keyword's syntax, using standard code conventions • A list of arguments accepted by the function or procedure, if any exist • A discussion of how and where the keyword should be used within the scripting environment • A section of notes and solutions to réal-world gotchas, and various undocumented behaviors and aspects of the language that help you avoid potential problems • A discussion of thé différences between the opération of the keyword in Visual Basic or VBA and in VBScript Regardless of how much experience you have programming with VBScript, this is the book you'll pick up time and time again, both as your standard reference guide to the language and as a tool for troubleshooting and identifying programming problems. VBScript in a Nutshell is the definitive reference for anyone writing scripts with VBScript.

À propos de l?auteur

Paul Lomax is the author of Learning VBScript and VB & VBA in a Nutshell (published by O'Reilly & Associates), and technical director of Mentorweb (http://www.mentorweb.net/), a leading web design and hosting company. Over the past two years Paul has created and maintained over 60 commercial web sites for Mentorweb's clients. He is also the driving force behind ShopAssistant, a new NT/ASP based high-end shopping cart/web commerce server (http://www.shopassistant.com/). He has been a programmer for over 12 years and has been a dedicated fan of Visual Basic since version 1. Paul has written systems for financial derivatives forecasting, satellite TV broadcasting, and the life insurance industry; and he's written a major materials tracking system for the Oil and Gas industry. He is also responsible for the concept, design, and programming of the successful "Contact" series of national business databases. Paul has also created a web resource dedicated to VBScript at http://www.vbscripts.com/. When not in front of a keyboard, Paul can usually be found behind the wheel of a racing car competing in events around the UK. Paul and his family--wife Deborah and children Russel and Victoria--have recently returned to their home in England after several years in the Arabian gulf. Matt Childs is currently a Vice President with Integrity Solutions Inc., one of Alaska's leading custom software development companies. Matt is responsible for overseeing all in-house development, and over the past year has done work with the State of Alaska and Alaska's two largest telecommunications companies. Matt has worked in the information technology field for the past nine years. He has been a Visual Basic Programmer since Visual Basic 3. Matt spent most of his initial career working for a large transportation company as an Information Technology manager, where he worked on developing custom software solutions and systems integration for the company's largest clients. Matt has industry experience with utilities; express transportation; and chemical, petroleum, and retail companies. In the winter, Matt spends his free time with his telescope, and during the long Alaska summer days, he enjoys playing softball and spending time with his family. Matt, his wife LeAndra and their daughter Meghan recently returned to Anchorage, Alaska, after spending some time in the southern United States. Matt is also a fiction writer and a freelance journalist. Ron Petrusha began working with computers in the mid '70s, programming in SPSS (a programmable statistical package) and FORTRAN on the IBM 370 family. Since then, he has been a computer book buyer, editor of a number of books on Windows and Unix, and a consultant on projects written in dBASE, Clipper, and Visual Basic. Ron also has a background in quantitative labor history, specializing in Russian labor history, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Columbia University.