Windows Script Host (Prentice Hall Ptr Microsoft Technologies) - Softcover

AITKEN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130287016 ISBN 13: 9780130287014

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

Windows Script Host is the developer tool that Microsoft provides for Wndows 98 and 2000 development. With WSH a developer can use VBScript or JScript to directly access the Windows shell automate operations within Windows and customize the Windows operating environment for the needs of the enterprise.

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About the Author

PETER G. AITKEN is a well-known author specializing in computer programming, applications, and hardware. His 30 books include Developing Custom Solutions With Office 2000 Components and VBA (Prentice Hall), Teach Yourself C in 21 Days, and Visual Basic 6 Programming Blue Book. A long-time faculty member at Duke University, he owns PGA Consulting, a custom software developer for industry and academia.

From the Back Cover

Automate Windows system administration, application control, file management, and more!

• Scripting solutions for Windows 2000, Windows 9x, and Windows ME
• Covers both VBScript and JScript
• Step-by-step coverage of cre ating, running, scheduling, and distributing scripts
• System administration, application control, file management, messaging, database access, and more
• Creating high-performance WSH script components
• Covers both VBScript and J Script!
• Syntax, data storage, operators, strings, dates, times, objects, error handling, and more
• Automating system administration, file management, database access, and messaging
• Creating high-performance WSH components
• Extending Windows' power by scripting Microsoft Office components
• Appendices include detailed VBScript and JScript references
• For every intermediate to advanced-level Windows user and administrator

Microsoft's W indows Script Host (WSH) offers system administrators and users powerful opportunities to save time and improve efficiency. In Windows Script Host, expert developer and best-selling author Peter G. Aitken covers WSH from start to finish, giving you all the skills you need to automate a wide range of system, application, and file-related tasks on Windows ME/9x and Windows 2000/NT platforms.

Aitken offers in-depth coverage of both widely used WSH scripting languages ― VBScript and JSc ript. You'll start by mastering the Windows file system and scripting object models. Next, you'll learn the most effective ways to run, schedule, and distribute scripts. Once you've mastered the basics, Aitken presents practical techniques for scripting v irtually every aspect of the Windows environment, from messaging to file management, database access to system and Web administration.

Aitken presents step-by-step coverage of testing and debugging WSH scripts, demonstrates how to create fast, efficient Windows Script Components, and even shows how to extend Windows' power by scripting Microsoft Office components.

WSH gives you greater control over Windows than ever before. With Peter G. Aitken's help, you'll master that power―and dynamically improve your productivity every day you run Windows!

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130287016
• ISBN 13: 9780130287014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384