* Completely updated for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003R2, this book is packed with practical examples for today'sprogrammer, Web developer, or system administrator* Combines a comprehensive overview of the VBScript technologyand associated technologies with sample code at every stage frombeginner to advanced user
* Discusses the general syntax, functions, keywords, style, errorhandling, and similar language-specific topics and then moves intoan expanded reference section covering the object models indetail
* Presents advanced coverage on Active Directory ServiceInterfaces (ADSI), PowerShell, security scripting, remotescripting, database scripting, and more

Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: A Quick Introduction to Programming.
Chapter 2: What VBScript Is -- and Isn't!
Chapter 3: Data Types.
Chapter 4: Variables and Procedures.
Chapter 5: Control of Flow.
Chapter 6: Error Handling and Debugging.
Chapter 7: The Scripting Runtime Objects.
Chapter 8: Classes in VBScript (Writing Your Own COM Objects).
Chapter 9: Regular Expressions.
Chapter 10: Client-Side Web Scripting.
Chapter 11: Windows Sidebars and Gadgets.
Chapter 12: Task Scheduler Scripting.
Chapter 13: PowerShell.
Chapter 14: Super-Charged Client-Side Scripting.
Chapter 15: Windows Script Host.
Chapter 16: Windows Script Components.
Chapter 17: Script Encoding.
Chapter 18: Remote Scripting.
Chapter 19: HTML Applications.
Chapter 20: Server-Side Web Scripting.
Chapter 21: Adding VBScript to Your VB and .NET Applications.
Appendix A: VBScript Functions and Keywords.
Appendix B: Variable Naming Convention.
Appendix C: Coding Conventions.
Appendix D: Visual Basic Constants Supported in VBScript.
Appendix E: VBScript Error Codes and the Err Object.
Appendix F: The Scripting Runtime Library Object Reference.
Appendix G: The Windows Script Host Object Model.
Appendix H: Regular Expressions.
Appendix I: The Variant Subtypes.
Appendix J: ActiveX Data Objects.
Index.