Articles filed in category 'VB Script'

  • The Windows Scripting Host
    John Petersen introduces the Windows Scripting Host (WSH) as a powerful, language‑independent scripting engine (VBScript/JScript) that exposes Windows Shell and network functionality via COM objects, enabling tasks—registry edits, desktop shortcuts, launching programs, mapping drives, and printer management—previously requiring complex APIs or third‑party DLLs. He explains WSH’s core objects and methods with examples, shows how to run and debug scripts, and urges Visual ...See More
  • XML, XSL and HTML in Windows Applications
    Markus Egger demonstrates how HTML, XML and XSL can be used inside standard Windows applications to create highly flexible, data-driven interfaces: pull data as XML from databases or business objects, transform it to HTML with XSLT, render it in the WebBrowser control, and handle custom link navigation to integrate with native forms—offering an alternative to rigid Windows grids and controls that simplifies complex, hierarchical displays and interaction without relying on the Internet.