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If you already know Visual Basic® or Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA), VBScript will be very familiar. Have a look at the definitions and examples listed below. For getting started, try some of the following examples by copying & pasting the code into the script editor window and running the script. Docklight Scripting also comes with a number of sample scripts for you to try out.

 

This chapter introduces some basic VBScript functions and features. For a complete reference, please see the original documentation from Microsoft® at the following locations:

•Visual Basic Scripting Edition (or go to www.microsoft.com and search for "VBScript")

•VBScript User's Guide

•VBScript Language Reference.

 

TIP: Use the ScriptEngine function to find out which version of VBScript is installed on your computer.

 

NOTE: Docklight Scripting executes the VBScript code in "safe mode" (safe subset) and disallows potentially harmful actions. For example, creating a "FileSystemObject" (file I/O) is one of the actions disallowed in the VBScript safe subset.  The Docklight script will abort with an error message. Please contact our e-mail support if you have special requirements and need to use "unsafe" VBScript statements. By popular request, file I/O is now easily possible using Docklight's FileInput / FileOutput objects.

 

Docklight-Specific Features

 

•Docklight Script Commands - The DL Object

•Docklight OnSend / OnReceive event procedures

•Docklight FileInput / FileOutput Object for Reading and Writing Files

 

VBScript Basic Features by Categories

 

•Control Structures (Decision Structures, Loop Structures)

•Variables, Arrays, Constants and Data Types

•Operators

•Date/Time Functions

•Miscellaneous

 

VBScript Basic Features in Alphabetical Order

 

•Date Function

•Day Function

•Do Until ...Loop

•Do...Loop While

•For...Next

•Hour Function

•If...Then

•If...Then...Else

•InputBox Function

•LBound Function

•Minute Function

•Month Function

•Now Function

•ScriptEngine Function

•Second Function

•Select Case

•Time Function

•Timer Function

•UBound Function

•While...Wend

•Year Function