15 Facts About VBScript

VBScript is an Active Scripting language developed by Microsoft that is modeled on Visual Basic.

VBScript uses the Component Object Model to access elements of the environment within which it is running; for example, the FileSystemObject is used to create, read, update and delete files.

VBScript has been installed by default in every desktop release of Microsoft Windows since Windows 98; in Windows Server since Windows NT 4.

VBScript began as part of the Microsoft Windows Script Technologies, launched in 1996.

VBScript is used for server-side processing of web pages, most notably with Microsoft Active Server Pages.

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VBScript can be used to create applications that run directly on a workstation running Microsoft Windows.

VBScript can be included in two other types of scripting files: Windows Script Files, and HTML Applications.

VBScript can be used in a Windows Script Component, an ActiveX-enabled script class that can be invoked by other COM-enabled applications.

VBScript is simple to create and can be coded using an easy to use text editor like Notepad.

For more elaborate GUI interaction with controls, VBScript can be used in combination with HTML, for example, in an HTML Application.

When hosted by the Windows Script Host, VBScript provides numerous features which are common to scripting languages, but not available from Visual Basic 6.

Second, VBScript is the scripting language for Micro Focus Unified Functional Testing, a test automation tool.

VBScript is used in place of VBA as the macro language of Outlook 97.

VBScript can be effectively used for automating day to day office tasks as well as monitoring in the Windows-based environment.

VBScript can be used to create malware and viruses, such as the ILOVEYOU worm that spread through email attachment in Outlook 97 that cost billions of dollars.