Description

Microsoft's VBScript, a simplified version of Visual Basic, is a powerful, easy-to-learn tool that can add interaction to Web pages. VBScript Professional Projects distinguishes itself from the competition by being the only book to offer a project-based approach for higher-end users and to provide coverage of VBScript's applicability to both Web and WSH scripting. It is the ideal guide for VBA and Visual Basic programmers who wish to expand their programming capabilities using a scripting language.

Features

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introducing Microsoft VBScript
1. What Is VBScript?
2. Errors, Constants, and Variables
3. Conditional Logic and Iterative Structures
4. Procedures
5. Arrays
6. Data Collection, Notification, and Error Reporting
7. VBScript Objects
8. VBScript and Internet Explorer
9. VBScript and the WSH
Part 2: Professional Projects 1: Desktop Administration Using VBScript and the WSH
10. Project Case Study: Desktop Customization and Deployment
11. Customizing the Desktop
12. Customizing the Start Menu and Quick Launch Toolbar
13. Scheduling Disk Maintenance
14. Mapping Network Printers and Disks
15. Creating Administrator Accounts
Part 3: Professional Project 2: Analyzing Application Logs
16. Project Case Study: Analyzing Application Logs
17. Using Configuration Files to Control Script Execution
18. Developing Script Log Analyzers
19. Scheduling Script Execution
20. Maintaining a 30-Day Summary Log Archive
Part 4: Professional Project 3: Creating a Centralized Report Management Station
21. Project Case Study: Creating a Centralized Report Management Station
22. Developing a Setup Script
23. Collecting Remote Summary Reports
24. Processing and Consolidating Report Data
25. Archive Management
Part 5: Professional Project 4: Reporting Application Summary Data via the Web
26. Reporting Application Summary Data via the Web
27. Designing the Web Site
28. Building the Web Site’s Main Page
29. Building the Registration and Configuration Settings Page
30. Converting Reports to HTML Pages
31. Building the Report Archive Page
32. Report Distribution and Remote Archive Management
Appendix A: Windows XP Command Reference
Appendix B: What’s on the Companion Web Site

Author Bio

Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.
Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. is an author, educator, and IT professional with over 13 years experience in information technology. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and has also earned Microsoft's MCP & MCP+Internet certification. He holds a master's degree in Business Administration and has been a part-time IT instructor for five years. Jerry is the author of nine books, including "Microsoft Windows Shell Scripting and WSH Administrator's Guide" (ISBN: 1931841268). He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and sons.

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