SAPIEN Solutions

WSH and VBScript Core : TFM®

Page Count : 718 pages
ISBN : 0-9776597-4-7
Buy Book Buy eBook Download Sample

It's the manual Microsoft should have written! A complete reference to the VBScript and Windows Script Host language, objects, and more - for the Windows administrator! Far more than a mere syntax reference, WSH and VBScript Core: TFM provides you with detailed administrative script examples for each function, statement, keyword, object, property, method and more than a Windows administrator would use. If a function can be used in three different ways, you'll find three difference complete examples - no guessing about what the docs mean, and no hunting around on the Web trying to find the exact example that you need. You'll never again have to wander through examples meant for Web developers or other types of development, because this book was written entirely and specifically for Windows administrators! WSH and VBScript Core: TFM is the last VBScript and Windows Script Host reference you'll need, because it's accurate, complete, and designed specifically for Windows administrative scripting!

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. VBScript Functions
3. VBScript Constants
4. VBScript Keywords
5. VBScript Regular Expressions
6. VBScript Intrinsic Objects
7. VBScript Operators
8. VBScript Statements
9. WScript Object
10. WshArguments Object
11. WshController Object
12. WshEnvironment Object
13. WshNamed Object
14. WshNetwork Object
15. WshRemote Object
16. WshRemoteError Object
17. WshScriptExec Object
18. WshShell Object
19. WshShortcut Object
20. WshSpecialFolders Object
21. WshUnnamed Object
22. WshUrlShortcut Object
23. Scripting.Signer Object
24. Dictionary Object
25. FileSystemObject
26. FileSystemObject Collections

About the Author

Jeffery Hicks (MCSE, MCSA ,MCT) is a Scripting Guru for SAPIEN Technologies. He is the co-author of Advanced VBScript for Microsoft Windows Administrators (Microsoft Press 2006), Windows PowerShell:TFM (SAPIEN Press 2006) as well as several training videos on administrative scripting. He is currently a columnist for REDMOND Magazine and MCPMag.com. Jeff is a frequent contributor to several online IT community web sites as well as an invited speaker at computer conferences and seminars. He is currently a Contributing Editor for ScriptingAnswers.com. He welcomes email at jhicks@SAPIEN.com or visit his blog at http://jdhitsolutions.blogspot.com.

Sample Chapter

This downloadable sample chapter (PDF) will show you what we've done with this unique title. As you'll see, this is far more than a basic syntax reference. Sometimes, the "practical examples" go on for pages, providing you with detailed, ready-to-use, and real-world examples of using each element of VBScript. And, for language elements that aren't so real-world (at least, not for an administrator), we clearly indicate that it doesn't see much use, so that you won't wonder if you've been missing something!

Built into PrimalScript

The complete content of this book is available as context-sensitive help within PrimalScript 2007 and later. Simply move your cursor over a VBScript keyword, press F1, and the appropriate material from this book will be displayed as help right within PrimalScript.

Downloads for this book

Major sample scripts are available for download.