VBScript: Programmer's Reference

By Antonio De Donatis, Adrian W. Kingsley-Hughes, Susanne Clark

This description refers to a previous edition of VBScript Programmer's Reference. For the most recent edition of this book, look for ISBN 0-7645-5993-1. What is this book about? VBScript is one of Microsoft's scripting languages, which can be employed in a variety of ways - from client-side scripting in Internet Explorer to server-side programming in ASP and the new Microsoft Windows Script Host. The language itself has been gradually increasing in power and flexibility, and the newest release, VBScript 5.0 (which comes with IE5.0), represents a huge increase in functionality and effectiveness: VBScript books now in demand from VB and WSH developers New version 5.0 now available with substantial changes - this is first book Proven Programmer's Reference format Extensive reference to langauge and object models What does this book cover? Here are just a few of the things you'll find in this book: A complete guide to the VBScript language and its syntax Up-to-date details of the most recent scripting engines for Internet Explorer, ASP and the Windows Script Host Coverage of the new features in VBScript 5, including constructing classes, specific data-types and using regular expressions Coverage of a vast range of uses that VBScript can be put to work with Extensive reference covering the various implementations and all the relevant object models Who is this book for? This book will be useful for anyone who wants to get a grip on VBScript. Whether you've just played around with HTML and want to find out about the world of programming, or whether you're an experienced programmer who needs to learn the VBScript language in order to work with the Windows Script Host or develop ASP pages, this book will show you the way. No prior knowledge of programming is assumed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764543679
• ISBN13: 9780764543678
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

VBscript Programmer's Reference delivers the goods

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...

I Bought 5 Copies

I've been building sites for 3 years using JavaScript, but recently was commissioned to build a site using VBScript and ASP. I bought this book and ASP 2.0 by Wrox. The first 4 chapters of this book taught me sufficient VBScript to create a custom site virtually from nothing. There are 4 great COM chapters that were invaluable to me.I was so impressed that I bought a copy for each of my team. They all love the book too.

Far more than a reference

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...

VBScript Programmer's Reference

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...