Windows Script Host

Peter Aitken covers WSH, VBScript, and JScript in exhaustive detail in a well ordered fashion with helpfull examples and code listings. Because he covers both VBScript and JScript together by
task rather than their individual features or differences, you can read through this book and get a fair understanding of both.
For this reason, and because of the clarity and detail with which the topics are presented, you won't have to buy two more books that cover VBScript or JScript separately.

I definately recommend this as part of a good programmer's reference library.


This is the one book you need for WSH!!!   April 4, 2002
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book covers everything concerning the Windows Script Host,
VBScript and JScript(Microsoft's version of JavaScript). Whether you're an experienced Windows programming looking to learn scripting quickly or a Windows user with little or no programming background, this may be the one book you need to get started writing script.

Peter Aitken covers WSH, VBScript, and JScript in exhaustive detail in a well ordered fashion with helpfull examples and code listings. Because he covers both VBScript and JScript together by
task rather than their individual features or differences, you can read through this book and get a fair understanding of both.
For this reason, and because of the clarity and detail with which the topics are presented, you won't have to buy two more books that cover VBScript or JScript separately.

I definately recommend this as part of a good programmer's reference library.


Some good parts, but . . .   November 26, 2002
Robert J Wozniak (Chicago, IL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I liked the book's explanations of the WSH and FSO object hierarchies but it was short on details when it comes to common scripting practices such as passing and securing script parameters, scheduling jobs, and using constants. I did not find the section on ADO very useful because I had to consult additional references to get my code to work.


Very helpful...but...   June 26, 2002
As a beginning scripter, I was able to take a great deal from Peter's book. However, as I progressed, I started to get distracted by the number of typos and errors throughout. While leaving off an "s" is not the end of the world, I found more than one occasion where the sample programs would not run correctly due to an out-of-place or omitted character. As a first-time programmer, I'm pretty much putting all my faith in Mr. Aitken over there, and by the end of the book I was almost suprised when something worked. So, yeah, nice little book for the novice, but the errors range from innocent to kind of severe.