VBScript: Introduction for Beginners (2 day) UK Classes & Lessons (Microsoft VB)

About this class

Visual Basic Script is a simple scripting language designed to make HTML more powerful and interactive. For millions of web developers and designers who got started by developing HTML and XHTML skills, VBScript is a very popular next step. This two day course is designed for those who wish to add VBScript functionality to their websites or build more interactive and responsive online content for their users.

With VBScript you can link and automate a wide variety of objects in web pages, including ActiveX Controls and Java applets. VBScript also lets web developers without in-depth technical experience embed commands into their HTML code that call up Java animations and add clocks and time-based features to web pages. VBScripts also allow web pages to ask questions, gather information from visitors and provide other user-centred controls.

This two day course is a comprehensive introduction to VBScript.

Who will the lesson benefit?

Experienced administrators seeking to more efficiently manage Windows systems.

What prerequisites are required

This VB Script training course assumes a reasonable working knowledge of HTML and the Internet; and some basic experience in general programming. Experience in programming VB is desirable but not essential.

Contents of this class

DAY ONE

Introduction

VBScript vs Visual Basic
Understanding Client-side and Server-side scripting
VBScript and ASP

The document object

VBScript programming

Basic syntax
Client-side vs Server-side

VBScript data types

Variant subtypes
Checking for TypeName and Null conditionals

Dealing with arrays

Writing sub-procedures and functions

Conversion functions

Numbers
Dates

Validation functions

Numbers
Dates

Format functions

Formatting currencies
Formatting dates
Formatting numbers
Formatting percentages

DAY TWO

Event handlers

User independent
User dependent

Form handling

Using Set
Passing control back after validation

Using Loops

For...Next
For Each...Next
Do...Loop

Date and string functions

Date and time functions

Object orientation

Procedural vs object orientated
Understanding object orientation basics
Dot syntax
Understanding methods and properties

Storing VBScript externally

Working with the File System Object (FSO)

Essential VBScript functions

Using the following functions:

CCur
CDate
CInt
CLng
CreateObject
CSng
Date
Hour
InStr
IsEmpty
LTrim, RTrim and Trim
Replace

VBScript: Introduction for Beginners (2 day)