Pure JavaScript, Second Edition

Chapter 14 JScript RunTime

This chapter contains all the items and elements making up Microsoft’s Scripting Engine additions. This contains JScript elements that are specific to Microsoft’s interpreters. These elements can be used with IIS ASP pages, Windows Script Host, and within the Internet Explorer browser. Table 14.1 shows the JScript support in the various applications that are shipped with Microsoft’s Scripting Engine.

NOTEMicrosoft products provide the ability to upgrade the scripting engines, which are separate from the application, in its products. This means that it is possible for Internet Explorer 3 to have JScript 5.0 with full backward compatibility. Table 14.1 only lists the engine version that was shipped with the product. ...