Windows® XP Under the Hood

Appendix A. VBScript Reference

VBScript 5.6 Language Features

This appendix provides a quick reference for VBScript version 5.6. This reference covers only the features of VBScript used with Windows Script Host. Language features that apply only to its use in Internet Explorer and ASP server scripting have been omitted.

For more detailed documentation of VBScript language features, you can download the most recent Microsoft VBScript reference manual from the Downloads section of msdn.microsoft.com/scripting. Check the Microsoft site in any case to see whether a more recent version has been released.

If you are familiar with Visual Basic or Visual Basic for Applications, you will note that some VB and VBA language features are not provided in VBScript. ...