Product Description

Now you can be on your way to becoming a VBScript guru in just one weekend! You'll begin on Friday with an introduction to VBScript and will learn how it compares to other languages within the Visual Basic programming family. On Saturday, you'll begin learning syntax, basic programming statements, and Web page tricks. On Sunday, you'll learn how VBScript works with the Windows Script Host and XML and the details of working with files and folders. Pull your new skills together Sunday evening as you learn how to automate Windows tasks.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #386318 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 350 pages

Customer Reviews

Just what I needed for my logon scripts
This book has helped me to understand VBScripting, I can recommend it for NT administrators to automate their tasks or people who want to spice up their webpage.

Written for beginners

Beginners? Possible
I was wanting to use this book to help me with a role of clientside VBS at work. As a bonus I had a friend at work who would teach and help me with any problems I may come across.

I started at the weekend but I actually found that it was a little bit quick at getting into the scripting. I did struggle. I have tried to use it at work but found that there were more gaps than there were pointers.

I found that I spent more time looking on the net for help than I did looking at the book. Now the back of the book gives you the usual lists of commands etc so it would be worth it just for that.

Don't get me wrong as there are some excellent chapters - especially those on file management - but if you are a beginner who has never scripted, this book may be harder than you think.

As an overall book it wiould suffice, but in my opinion, as a beginner, it was not as informative as I wanted.

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VBfuddled
Good book but a bit dry.
Also makes for a very long weekedn and you need to make sure you have the whole weekend and the house to yourself to get serious about learning this topic in one weekend.
Would recommend splitting it up nad doing it over 2 weekends