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Light-weight but robust, VBScript from Microsoft is utilized in 4 major components: server-side net functions utilizing energetic Server Pages (ASP), client-side internet scripts utilizing net Explorer, code at the back of Outlook varieties, and the automation of repetitive initiatives utilizing home windows Script Host (WSH). VBScript in a Nutshell, moment version, promises present and whole documentation for programmers and process directors who are looking to boost powerful scripts in all 4 components. thoroughly up to date for VBScript 5.6, WSH 5.6, and ASP 3.0, VBScript in a Nutshell, moment version comprises introductory chapters that can assist you preserve present with the numerous alterations because the first version used to be released. a brand new bankruptcy introduces the home windows Script part for developing binary COM elements, and an appendix records the Script Encoder. the most a part of the booklet is a accomplished alphabetical connection with the VBScript language and the Scripting Runtime Library. despite your point of expertise programming with VBScript, VBScript in a Nutshell, moment version, is the booklet you will need through your facet - the main entire, updated, and easy-to-use language reference to be had.
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In other words, along with handlers for the events supported by ASP (Application_OnStart, Application_OnEnd, Session_OnStart, Session_OnEnd, OnTransactionAbort, and OnTransactionCommit), direct commands are basic "hooks" that allow your code to run. 2 Windows Script Host In a standard VBScript file for WSH, global code is any code that's not located in function, subroutine, or class definitions. This code is executed sequentially regardless of where it is located in the file. This produces some interesting possibilities for spaghetti code, as illustrated in Example 2-8, which provides a WSH equivalent of the ASP script in Example 2-7.
A Double can also have a value of zero. Date/Time The Date type represents the date or time. If the number holds a date value, the earliest date that can be represented is January 1, 100, and, taking the view that our web sites will be around for a long time, the furthest into the future that we can go is December 31, 9999. A literal date can be defined by surrounding the date with the # symbol. For example: Dim myvacationDay myVacationDay = #01/10/03# Currency The Currency type provides a special numeric format for storing monetary values that eliminates floating-point error.
Why six? All VBScript arrays start with location 0, so this Dim statement creates an array whose locations range from myArray(0)to myArray(5). Example 3-5 contains a simple WSH script that illustrates a fixed array. The script begins by instructing the VBScript engine to check that all our variables are correctly declared, then uses the Dim statement to dimension iArray as an array containing six elements, with indexes ranging from 0 to 5, as well as to dimension three other variables. The next six lines of code populate the array with values by explicitly assigning a value to each array element.