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O'Reilly VBScript in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
Visual Basic is the most popular programming language, even though it runs almost exclusively on Windows. The cut-down Scripting Edition was intended for use in browsers, but with Netscape refusing to support it, it has made little impact in that context. It found a new lease of life as a server-side script engine for Active Server Pages, and has also turned up in Outlook and as a shell script for Windows, so despite early setbacks it is now widely used.<p>This title falls neatly into two parts. About half of the book is taken up by a language reference, which gives the syntax, description, and an example for each language element. Many entries have an interesting section headed Programming Tips & Gotchas, with comments that you will not find in the official documentation. The other chapters deal with how to use VBScript both generally and in four specific contexts. These are Active Server Pages, Outlook forms, the Windows Scripting Host, and in Internet Explorer. VBScript is almost infinitely extensible, since it has the ability to program objects presented by its host or by other applications, so in each case the main focus is on what objects are available in each different environment. Two objects are considered so important that they are fully documented in the reference section, and these are the Dictionary object and the File System Object.<p>VBScript is an easy language to learn, so readers may wonder if they need this book. Also, this Nutshell title does not come close to detailed documentation for topics like Active Server Pages. However, it is subtitled A Desktop Quick Reference, and this is where it comes into its own. Developers working with VBScript will find this a handy guide, and pick up some useful tips along the way. --<I>Tim Anderson</I>
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O'Reilly VB and VBA in a Nutshell : The Language
<I>VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Languages</I> documents the latest version of the world's bestselling rapid application development environment. Paul Lomax's explanation of the language comes in two main parts. <P> First, Lomax explains the structure and syntax of Visual Basic (VB) and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programs. He details all the important stuff, including how to work with variables, how to create custom functions, how to create classes, how to handle errors and how to react to user events. If you're up to speed on general programming concepts and just want to know how to get something done in VB/VBA, you'll find this part of the book especially handy. <P> The second, and largest, part of the book is a language reference in the classic O'Reilly style. Every function, statement, keyword, and miscellaneous bit of code has a clear, complete entry. Each entry includes a statement of syntax, a description of the function's purpose, a quick example of its use and some tips for using it successfully. The reference documents the language as it exists in VB6. --<I>David Wall, Amazon.com</I>
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O'Reilly Learning VBScript (A Nutshell Handbook)
Pages: 616, Paperback, O'Reilly
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