A. VBScript Reference

VBScript 5.6 Language Features

This appendix provides a quick summary of VBScript syntax. This reference covers only the features of VBScript used with Windows Script Host (WSH). For detailed documentation of VBScript language features, I recommend you download the most recent Microsoft VBScript reference manual from microsoft.com/downloads. Search for “Windows Script Documentation” and download the most current version listed. At the time this was written, this was version 5.6. You might find it handiest if you save this file to your Desktop.

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