Special Edition Visual Basic Script

by Ron Schwarz and Ibrahim Malluf

Introduction

Part I - Microsoft, the Internet, and You

• Chapter 1 VBScript and the World Wide Web
• Chapter 2 Review of HTML
• Chapter 3 Introducing the ActiveX Control Pad

Part II - Visual Basic Scripting Edition: Active Intelligence for Internet Browsers

• Chapter 4 Creating a Standard HTML Page
• Chapter 5 Internet Explorer
• Chapter 6 Creating an HTML Layout Page
• Chapter 7 ActiveX Objects
• Chapter 8 Security
• Chapter 9 An Introduction to Distributed Objects
• Chapter 10 Embedding Internet Explorer into Your Application

Part III - VBScript Programming Overiew

• Chapter 11 Designing VBScript Applications
• Chapter 12 A Simple VBScript Page
• Chapter 13 Comparing VBScript, VBA, and Visual Basic
• Chapter 14 Comparing Scripting Languages

Part IV - Doing Real Work with VBScript

• Chapter 15 VBScript Data Types and Variables
• Chapter 16 VBScript Operators
• Chapter 17 VBScript Control of Flow and Error Handling
• Chapter 18 VBScript Event Programming
• Chapter 19 VBScript Procedures
• Chapter 20 VBScript Forms, Controls, and Managing Transactions

Part V - Advanced Techniques, Tactics, and Pitfalls

• Chapter 21 Accessing Data
• Chapter 22 VBScript Language Elements
• Chapter 23 Microsoft SQL Server Web Extensions
• Chapter 24 Building Internet Rating Applications

Part VI - Appendixes

• Appendix A History of the Internet
• Appendix B HTML Reference
• Appendix C VBScript Coding Conventions
• Appendix D Porting Visual Basic Applications