VBScript In-depth

Explore how to embed both JavaScript and VBScript inside a single Windows script file (wsf) using language attributes in script blocks.

Explore the scite editor for VBScript, linking scripts to output and console messages, and learn practical tips for showing script output and debugging VBScript projects.

Learn VBScript language fundamentals, including variables, data types, and explicit declaration. Master type conversion, concatenation, and how the Windows scripting host executes scripts.

Explore VBScript language fundamentals, including variables, data types, and arrays, along with control structures like if-else, switch, and select case, and array resizing with preserve.

Master VBScript loops, including for and do loops, and gain an intro to functions and procedures, with conditionals, exit strategies, and array and string handling.

Discover how to use the Windows script host objects with VBScript, leverage the WSH object model and script engines, and work with libraries to automate tasks on Windows.

Explains how wsh objects represent VBScript concepts, detailing exposed and non-exposed objects, properties, methods, and using wscript to access environment variables, arguments, and run external apps.

Explore how VBScript uses message box and input box to interact with users, customize prompts with title, body, buttons and icons, and implement input validation and error handling.

Explore the VBScript drive object to map network drives and printers, using the filesystem object to check drive existence and configure network resources.

Learn to read and write registry values with VBScript, export keys, and manage event logs, then schedule automated tasks with Task Scheduler for registry and log operations.

Learn how to use a com object in vbscript to open an msi file and access a database by reading property names and values.