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by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes (Author), Kathie Kingsley-Hughes (Author), Daniel Read (Author) "A chapter covering the basics of VBScript is the best place to begin this book ..." (more)
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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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Presents a comprehensive guide to version 5 of the VBScript language and syntax, together with practical demonstrations of its usage in context, be it server-side programming with ASP or WSH, or scripting in Internet Explorer with DHTML or HTML components. Softcover. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent overall., Dec 23 2003
By 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- Already out of date.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
By B. Kramer "Baker Boy" (Englewood, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VBScript: Programmer's Reference (Paperback)
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
By Amazon Customer (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Reference Book
I bought this book because I was getting into ASP development and needed to learn the basics of VBScript. The first part of the book does a great job of teaching the student. Read more
Published on July 18 2002 by Chris Kilbane

2.0 out of 5 stars Full of useful information, but...
The author never does address what skill level is necessary to fully appreciate this book. From my reading it should be clarified at the beginning that this book is not for... Read more
Published on May 19 2002 by Mark Conway

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
I have read VBScript Programmer's Reference. I would to congratulate the team who put this book together. Its so well written I was programming within the day. Read more
Published on April 18 2002 by John

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
I was looking for a VBScript reference book for work. One which I could use to look up a command/function in the index and find examples of the syntax within the book. Read more
Published on Dec 19 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for learning programming and VBscript from ground up
I wanted to learn VB script so I bought:
-Vbscript in a Nutshell : A Desktop Quick Reference
-Vbscript Programmer's Reference
-Learning Vbscript (Nutshell Handbook)... Read more
Published on Nov 25 2001 by GDC

3.0 out of 5 stars Wish the examples would work
This book had a lot of discussion to educate somebody on the world of vbscript, but was very short with actual examples. My main beef as it is with most books is the examples. Read more
Published on Nov 16 2001 by Charles Brown

2.0 out of 5 stars Where was the editor?
As another reviewer has noted, any book that has eleven authors is bound to need a good editor, but this one shows no sign of even having been looked at by a copy editor. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars Not much of a reference
The book starts with a strange 'Introduction to Programming' chapter, which is for people who don't know what a variable is (good thing _that's_ in a language reference book! Read more
Published on May 12 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Can't judge this book by its cover...
I was looking for a good "reference" book on VBScript that would cover each function, their methods, properties, etc. Read more
Published on Mar 26 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe you missed this...
I just got a new job where I will use lots of VBscript. So needing a reference I turned to this book. I've found it to be very easy to understand and helpful thus far. Read more
Published on Jan 15 2001 by edmalcolm

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