VBScript Basics

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

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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

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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