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VBScript Programmer's Reference [Paperback]

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes (Author), Kathie Kingsley-Hughes (Author), Daniel Read (Author)
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The VBScript standard has changed over time, and several new things have been introduced since this book first published in 1999. The current standard for VBScript is 5.6. The script debugger, script control, and script encoder have all changed and the Windows Script Component Wizard, regular expressions, and remote scripting have been introduced. Windows Script Host technology has also matured over time and gained in both effectiveness and popularity.

VBScript Programmer's Reference, 2nd Edition begins with discussion of the general syntax, functions, keywords, style, error handling, and similar language-specific topics and then moves into an expanded reference section covering the object models in detail. The book combines a comprehensive overview of the VBScript technology and associated technologies with practical examples at every stage from beginner to advanced user.

Specific topics include the following:

  • Variables and Data Types
  • Procedures
  • Error Handling and Debugging
  • Windows Script Components
  • Script Encoding
  • Remote Scripting
  • Data Objects
  • Coding Conventions

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This book will not only serve as a reference guide to the VBScript language and syntax, but will also demonstrate its usage in context with many practical examples. It is ideal for anyone who uses VBScript as a programming language. It is a desktop reference and quick guide for ASP programmers, IE programmers and Windows Script Host programmers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent overall., Dec 23 2003
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T. Schleich (Raleigh, NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VBScript: Programmer's Reference (Paperback)
Overall, VBScript: Programmer's Reference is pretty good and fairly useful.

High points:
- Wide range of relevant topics.
- Good examples.
- Extensive appendicies.

Low points:
- Already out of date.
- Worthless and frustrating index.
- Lots of undefined acronymns.
- Discontinuity of writing styles between the many authors.

I have been writing embedded software for a long time, but am relatively new to VBScript and Windows. I found this book to be useful for me, but I suspect that there are probably better books out there.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Dips you in the VBscript pond & more (keyword dip), Oct 1 2003
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B. Kramer "Baker Boy" (Englewood, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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A useful book for me, introducing me into VBScript quite well, but it will make you more of a 'Jack of all trades & master of none'. Each chapter gives you a dip into VBscript, HTAs, HTCs, ASP, and a whole bunch of other things I never knew about! Not a bad way to embroil ones-self into these technologies but not terribly in-depth. MSDN's site gave me more beefy examples I could use for my scripting needs. The reference section was OK at best. If you need a good warmup on VBscript and where it can live & do it's things, not a bad book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best VBScript Book, Oct 31 2002
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Jonathan Kajeckas (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VBScript Programmer's Reference (Paperback)
Although there are many books on scripting, there are only a handful of books about VBScript. Of those that do focus on VBScript, many pages are devoted to server-side web scripting with active server pages, which is amply covered by the many titles on ASP. This book by contrast is current, complete, and packed with chapters about all the cool things you can do with VBScript, including COM objects and how to write your own, regular expressions, HTML applications (*very* cool), ADO, how to build the Script Control into your applications, and yes, ASP. That's the first 500 pages. The remaining 280+ pages are references and appendices that add depth. I have seen no other reference in print or online from Microsoft that goes to these lengths to elucidate what can be done with VBScript.
The writing style is very approachable, and the Wrox Press model of a team of qualified people tackling different topics works very well (11 authors and 7 technical reviewers). These people really know the topics, and the book is well edited. An excellent value.
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