Chapter 15 Windows Script Host

This chapter contains all the objects, properties, and methods that make up Microsoft’s Windows Script Host as it relates to JScript. Most books that cover Windows Script Host only cover it from the VBScript perspective, but any scripting language can be used. Because this is a JavaScript book and JavaScript is a great scripting language, we will approach this chapter strictly from the JScript (JavaScript) perspective.

The chapter is in alphabetical order, by objects, to provide you with quick, easy access to the major parts of the language. The properties and methods of every object appear alphabetically after the respective parent object, using the simple dot notation. For example, the Echo() method is found ...

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