Foreword;
Preface;
Why This Book?;
Who Should Read This Book?;
How This Book Should Be Used;
How This Book Is Structured;
Conventions in This Book;
How To Contact Us;
Part I: The Basics;
Chapter 1: Introduction;
1.1 VBScript's History and Uses;
1.2 What VBScript Is Used For: Gluing Together Objects;
1.3 Differences Between VBScript and VBA;
Chapter 2: Program Structure;
2.1 Functions and Procedures;
2.2 Classes;
2.3 Global Code;
2.4 Reusable Code Libraries;
Chapter 3: Data Types and Variables;
3.1 VBScript Data Types: The Many Faces of the Variant;
3.2 Variables and Constants;
Chapter 4: Error Handling and Debugging;
4.1 Debugging;
4.2 Error Handling;
4.3 Common Problem Areas and How to Avoid Them;
Chapter 5: VBScript with Active Server Pages;
5.1 How ASP Works;
5.2 Active Server Pages Object Model;
Chapter 6: Programming Outlook Forms;
6.1 Why Program Outlook Forms?;
6.2 The Form-Based Development Environment;
6.3 Running Your Code;
6.4 Program Flow;
6.5 The Outlook Object Model;
6.6 Accessing Other Object Models;
Chapter 7: Windows Script Host 5.6;
7.1 Why Use WSH?;
7.2 Running WSH Scripts;
7.3 Program Flow;
7.4 The WSH Object Model;
7.5 WSH Language Elements;
7.6 Accessing Other Object Models;
Chapter 8: VBScript with Internet Explorer;
8.1 The Tag;
8.2 What Can You Do with Client-Side Scripting?;
8.3 Understanding the IE Object Model;
Chapter 9: Windows Script Components;
9.1 The Script Component Wizard;
9.2 Writing Component Code;
9.3 Using the Component;
9.4 WSC Programming Topics;
Part II: Reference;
Chapter 10: The Language Reference;
Part III: Appendixes;
Appendix A: Language Elements by Category;
A.1 Array Handling;
A.2 Assignment;
A.3 Comment;
A.4 Constants;
A.5 Data Type Conversion;
A.6 Date and Time;
A.7 Dictionary Object;
A.8 Error Handling;
A.9 File System Objects;
A.10 Information Functions;
A.11 Mathematical and Numeric;
A.12 Miscellaneous;
A.13 Object Programming;
A.14 Program Structure and Flow;
A.15 String Manipulation;
A.16 User Interaction;
A.17 Variable Declaration;
Appendix B: VBScript Constants;
B.1 Color Constants;
B.2 Comparison Constants;
B.3 Date and Time Constants;
B.4 Date Format Constants;
B.5 Error Constant;
B.6 Logical and TriState Constants;
B.7 Message Box Constants;
B.8 String Constants;
B.9 Variable Type Constants;
Appendix C: Operators;
C.1 Arithmetic Operators;
C.2 String Operator;
C.3 Comparison Operators;
C.4 Logical and Bitwise Operators;
C.5 Operator Precedence;
Appendix D: Locale IDs;
Appendix E: The Script Encoder;
E.1 How Encoding and Decoding Works;
E.2 Script Encoder Syntax;
E.3 Encoding Examples;
Colophon;