VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v6.03, by Herong Yang
What is WSH (Windows Script Host)?
This section describes WSH (Windows Script Host) and its features. WSH is a Windows system administration tool to run VBScript code to common administrative tasks.
WSH (Windows Script Host) is a language-independent scripting host for Windows Script compatible scripting engines like VBScript engine and JScript engine. WSH brings simple, powerful, and flexible scripting to the Windows 32-bit platform, allowing you to run scripts from both the Windows desktop and the command prompt.
Windows Script Host is ideal for non-interactive scripting needs, such as logon scripting, administrative scripting, and machine automation.
WSH, installed as part of Windows systems, offers the following features:
Versions of WSH provided on Windows systems:
WSH 5.812 Windows 10 WSH 5.8 Windows 8 WSH 5.8 Windows 7 WSH 5.7 Windows Vista WSH 5.6 Windows XP
Table of Contents
Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition
Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals
Numeric Comparison Operations and Logical Operations
String Operations - Concatenation and Comparison
Variable Declaration and Assignment Statement
Expression and Order of Operation Precedence
Statement Syntax and Statement Types
Array Data Type and Related Statements
Array References and Array Assignment Statements
Conditional Statements - "If ... Then" and "Select Case"
Loop Statements - "For", "While", and "Do"
"Function" and "Sub" Procedures
Inspecting Variables Received in Procedures
Error Handling Flag and the "Err" Object
Regular Expression Pattern Match and Replacement
scrrun.dll - Scripting Runtime DLL Library
IE Web Browser Supporting VBScript
IIS ASP Server Supporting VBScript
►What is WSH (Windows Script Host)?
"cscript.exe/wscript.exe" Command Version and Options
"WScript" Runtime Object Hierarchy
"oShell.Exec(cmd)" - Running System Command with a Script