VBScript for the World Wide Web

by Paul Thurrott

For the thousands of Web enthusiasts who got their feet wet with the simple tagging language of HTML, VBScript is the next step. VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script) is a simple scripting language designed to make HTML more powerful and interactive. With VBScript you can link and automate a wide variety of objects in Web pages, including ActiveX Controls and Java "applets." While other VBScript books are intended for experienced programmers, this one is for the vast majority of HTML coders who are less technically sophisticated but still would like a useful introduction and handy reference. At the same time, this book will be useful as a quick reference for the many Visual Basic programmers out there that Microsoft is pushing to use VBScript as the Web scripting language the already know.

142 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Paul Brian Thurrott is a technology reporter, published author, podcaster, and the news editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine. He regularly writes reviews for beta and completed Microsoft products, such as Windows 7 and Windows Vista. He is the host of Windows Weekly on TWiT.TV with Leo Laporte, a podcast attracting over 80,000 downloads for each episode.