VBScript Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer) [Paperback]

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes (Author), Kathie Kingsley-Hughes (Author), Daniel Read (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764559931 | ISBN-13: 978-0764559938 | Publication Date: July 9, 2004 | Edition: 2

What is this book about?

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

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

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.

From the Back Cover

VBScript is an incredibly versatile tool—easy to learn, powerful, and flexible. This fully updated guide combines a comprehensive overview of VBScript and associated technologies with practical examples you can use, whether you’re a beginner, a veteran programmer, or a network administrator.

If you’re new at VBScript, or even to programming, this book will teach you what you need to know about this multipurpose language. If you’re experienced, you can skip the fundamentals and focus on the updates in this version, including changes to the script debugger, control and encoder, as well as the Windows Script Component Wizard, regular expression, and remote scripting. Finally, everyone who works with VBScript will learn how to use VBScript with ASP and DHTML, write powerful login scripts, and automate repetitive, time-consuming, and error-prone tasks with Windows Script Host.

Packed with practical examples and up-to-the-minute coverage, this reference takes you as deep into VBScript as you choose to go.

What you will learn from this book

• What VBScript is and is not, and how it works
• Error handling and debugging techniques
• Windows® script components, script encoding, and remote scripting
• How to add VBScript to your VB applications
• Both client-side and server-side Web scripting
• Variables, data types, data objects, procedures, coding conventions, and flow control
• How to use VBScript within other technologies

Who this book is for
This book is for anyone interested in learning about VBScript. If you already have programming or VBScript experience, it will deepen your knowledge and provide an excellent reference.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 2 edition (July 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764559931
• ISBN-13: 978-0764559938
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,098,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

174 of 177 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VBScript Programmer's Reference, November 29, 1999

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Gary Merkel - See all my reviews

This review is from: VBScript Programmers Reference (Paperback)

I am not normally a fan of multi-author text books. Unless they are very carefully edited, you wind up getting beat up with words, hearing 3 or 4 different renditions of the same material.

But I found "VBScript Programmer's Reference to be a useful book. I appreciated the section on Remote Scripting, which I put to good use in an intranet (MSIE5) web development project.

Anyone getting started in web development will find a maze of rapidly emerging software technologies to sort through. I encountered two problems that I simply did not know how to address. So I e-mailed a few of the authors of the text, hoping to get a reply.

To my surprise and delight, each one responded to my request and got me moving forward! I know that WROX cannot promise this kind of followup from all authors for all of its texts, but the folks who wrote VBScript are good guys who want to help. For the book and the remarkable followup they deserve at least 5-stars.

49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Far more than a reference, January 16, 2000

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gordon fairbrother (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VBScript Programmers Reference (Paperback)

This is far more than the standard reference book I'm used to. This is a tome of immeasurable quality. I was expecting a dry and cold text that I would refer to occassionaly; instead I got an excellent tutorial. The first 4 chapters define all the basics, and then there follow chapters on WSH, HTA's, COM, ADO, and many other topics that I wouldn't expect a reference book to cover.

The book also has 12 appendix chapters which go far beyond my expectations. All-in-all a very thorough, well written and reasonably priced book.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VBscript Programmer's Reference delivers the goods, September 12, 2000

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Martin L. Devore "mldevore" (Humble, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VBScript Programmers Reference (Paperback)

In this day and age, finding good CURRENT books on VBScript is becoming more and more of a holy quest. In the last year, only two come to mind: this book by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes et al (Oct. 99) and VBScript in a Nutshell by Paul Lomax (April 2000).

Well, I have both of these books. They are both very very good and both are very deserving of their overall high ratings.

Even so, I find myself using the VBScript Programmer's Reference a bit more than the other book. It is very comprehensive, very clear and I find myself having to pull it off the shelf time and time again. It's that good.

So, VBScripters out there, I recommend that if you only have enough money for two books on VBScript, purchase VBScript Programmer's Reference and VBScript in a Nutshell. I recommend that you buy VBScript Programmer's Reference first!