VBScript Pocket Reference

by Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, Ron Petrusha

Overview

Microsoft's Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), a subset of Visual Basic for Applications, is a powerful language for Internet application development, where it can serve as a scripting language for server-side, client-side, and system scripting. Whether you're developing code for Active Server Pages, client-side scripts for Internet Explorer, code for Outlook forms, or scripts for Windows Script Host, VBScript Pocket Reference will be your constant companion. Don't let the pocket-friendly format fool you. Based on the bestselling VBScript in a Nutshell, this small book details every VBScript language element—every statement, function, and object—both in VBScript itself, and in the Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library. There's a special emphasis on the following details:

• The syntax, using standard code conventions
• The arguments accepted by the function or procedure, if any exist

Entries are arranged alphabetically by topic, so that you can, for instance, easily find details about that string-handling function that you can't quite remember. In addition, appendixes list VBScript operators and VBScript intrinsic constants. Regardless of how much VBScript programming experience you have, the VBScript Pocket Reference is the book you'll pick up time and time again as your standard quick reference guide to the VBScript language. It is indispensable for anyone writing scripts with VBScript.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780596001261
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/11/2001
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Paul Lomax, author of O'Reilly's VB & VBA in a Nutshell and a coauthor of VBScript in a Nutshell, is an experienced VB programmer with a passion for sharing his knowledge—and his collection of programming tips and techniques gathered from real-world experience.

Matt Childs is 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 worked with the State of Alaska and Alaska's two largest telecommunications companies. Matt has worked in the information technology field for nine years, and has been a VB programmer since Visual Basic 3. During most of his early career, Matt was an information technology manager for a large transportation company, where he developed 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 is an editor for O'Reilly and is the author/coauthor of many books, including VBScript in a Nutshell. Ron has a background in quantitative labor history, specializing in Russian labor history, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Columbia University. He began working with computers in the mid 1970s, programming in SPSS (a programmable statistical package) and FORTRAN on the IBM 370 family. Since then, he has been a computer book buyer, an editor of a number of books on Windows and Unix, and a consultant on projects written in dBASE, Clipper, and Visual Basic.

Table of Contents

Alphabetical List of Entries; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Font Conventions; 1.2 VBScript Conventions; 1.3 Datatypes; 1.4 Variables; 1.5 Operators and Precedence; 1.6 Constants; 1.7 Functions and Subroutines; 1.8 Program Structure; 1.9 Object-Oriented Programming; 1.10 Additional Information; Chapter 2: VBScript Reference; 2.1 Array Handling; 2.2 Assignment; 2.3 Comment; 2.4 Constants; 2.5 Data Subtype Conversion; 2.6 Date and Time; 2.7 Dictionary Object; 2.8 Error Handling; 2.9 File System Objects; 2.10 Information Functions; 2.11 Mathematical and Numeric; 2.12 Miscellaneous; 2.13 Object Programming; 2.14 Program Structure and Flow; 2.15 String Manipulation; 2.16 User Interaction; 2.17 Variable Declaration; Chapter 3: Regular Expression Characters Reference;