Table of Contents

Introduction.
PART I: INTRODUCING THE WSH AND VBSCRIPT.
1. Getting Started with the WSH and VBScript.
2. Overview of the Windows Script Host.
PART II: LEARNING VBSCRIPT AND WSH SCRIPTING.
3. VBScript Basics.
4. Constants, Variables, Arrays, and Dictionaries.
5. Conditional Logic.
6. Processing Collections of Data.
7. Using Procedures to Organize Scripts.
PART III: ADVANCED TOPICS.
8. Storing and Retrieving Data.
9. Handling Script Errors.
10. Using the Windows Registry to Configure Scripts Settings.
11. Working with Built-In VBScript Objects.
12. Combining Different Scripting Languages.
13. Working with Windows Management Instrumentation.
14. Adding a GUI Interface to Your Scripts.
PART IV: APPENDICES.
Appendix A. WSH Administrative Scripting.
Appendix B. Introducing Remote WSH.
Appendix C. Built-In VBScript Functions.

About the Author

Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. is an author, educator, and IT professional with more than 25 years of experience in information technology, including roles as an automation analyst, technical manager, technical support analyst, automation engineer, and security analyst. He is the author of 39 books and the coauthor of two additional books. Jerry has a master’s degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and has more than five years of experience as an adjunct instructor teaching networking courses in information technology.