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

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)
Key Phrases: scriptcontrol object, implicit type coercion, script encoder, Visual Basic, Internet Explorer, Option Explicit Dim (more...)

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Product Description
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

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.

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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: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #529,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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175 of 178 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Gary Merkel (Newark, Delaware) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vbscript Programmer's 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

By	gordon fairbrother (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vbscript Programmer's 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.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Martin L. Devore "mldevore" (Humble, Texas USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Vbscript Programmer's 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!