Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition

VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 5.20, by Dr. Herong Yang

VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition

This chapter provides a quick introduction on VBScript language. Topics include what is VBScript; what are VBScript host environments; running VBScript codes within Internet Explorer (IE), Internet Information Services (IIS), and Windows Script Host (WSH).

What Is VBScript?

Using VBScript with Internet Explorer

Using VBScript with Internet Information Services

Using VBScript with Windows Script Host

Using Visual Basic with Microsoft Access

Conclusions:

VBScript (Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is a scripting language derived from Visual Basic language.
VBScript codes must be executed in VBScript host environments.
IE (Internet Explorer) provides a VBScript host environment that allows you to do client side scripting on Web pages.
IIS (Internet Information Services) provides a VBScript host environment that allows you to do server side scripting on Web pages.
WSH (Windows Script Host) provides a VBScript host environment that allows you to run stand alone script code files.
If you are interested to learn Visual Basic, you can write Visual Basic codes in Microsoft Access and run them as macros.

Table of Contents

About This Book

►Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition

Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals

Arithmetic Operations

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