Re: General VBScript Questions

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Those are very general questions. It's hard to
give a full answer in a newsgroup...

Where do you obtain VBScript?

You don't "obtain" it. It's a language, like
javascript. The Windows Script Host in
Windows allows you to run VBScript files(.vbs).
Internet Explorer also recognizes VBScript.

What is its general purpose/use?

Mostly for automations and small, simple
programs that run on Windows. It can also used
in ASP and with IE.

Microsoft invented VBScript in the mid-90s to
compete with Netscape, which was using
javascript. As is Microsoft's usual strategy, they
came up with a competing technology and tried
to make it the standard so that Netscape would
be seen as limited.

VBScript never took off for browser use. No one
but Microsoft ever supported it, to speak of. So it's
useless for client-side webpage scripting unless
it's IE-only.

So, there was Microsoft with this nice new scripting
language, and only DOS for writing Windows
script-type files. So they added the ability to use COM
objects and ended up with a very flexible Windows
script language that could make use of a limited GUI.

VBS is very useful for simple things like batch file
operations, automated file editing, etc. And i can be used
in HTAs, using IE, to create browser-based software.


What's the difference between VBScript and VB.NET?

VBScript is script - a text-based code that gets interpreted
by a "host", like the Windows Script Host or IE. VB.Net
is a semi-compiled language for writing java-like software.

How does VBScript fit into building a website?

It usually doesn't, unless you have a Windows server
and want to write ASP server-side includes, etc.



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