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Re: What should one read to learn VBScript?

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Mayayana wrote:
> "Peter Percival" <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> wrote
> 
> | I've just come across
> |
> | Microsoft PowerShell, VBScript & JScript Bible
> | by William R. Stanek, James O'Neill, Jeffrey Rosen
> |
> | any thoughts?
> 
>    You *still* haven't given any clue about what
> you want it for. 

Just-for-fun programming.  Firtling/furtling about under the hood, so to 
speak.  No doubt I can firtle/furtle to my heart's content using C, but 
my guess (note "guess") is that using a scripting language will be 
quicker.  And it will provide an opportunity to learn something new.

> How can anyone advise you?
> 
>     For PS you might ask here, though it doesn't look
> very busy:
> 
>    microsoft.public.windows.powershell
> 
>    I don't know that book. In my experience, pretty
> much all books are for beginners and may be somewhat
> helpful to get started, but then you just need reference.
> 
>    I have an aversion to "Bible" books. The Windows
> Bible books were very expensive and almost useless
> in my view. But that may not mean anything.
> 
>    Windows Script Host by Dino Esposito is pithy, but
> not if you're just an admin. On the other hand, if
> what you want is admin books that's mostly what
> you'll find with scripting and PS because that's the
> biggest market.
> 
>     I actually first learned about VBS from a book called
> Windows 98 Annoyances. It was a wonderful tweaking
> guide and near the end he explained the basics of VBS
> and where it fit into Windows. At the time I had no
> programming experience at all. I was fairly new to
> computers. But the author, David Karp, introduced
> me to the idea that I could control things from the
> other side of the computer screen and I was hooked.
> 
> 
> 

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What should one read to learn VBScript? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-17 12:55 +0000
  Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-17 10:25 -0500
    Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-17 21:50 -0500
    Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2018-01-17 22:49 -0500
    Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-18 12:42 +0000
    Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-19 21:28 +0000
      Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-19 21:59 +0000
        Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-19 18:06 -0500
          Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-20 14:15 +0000
      Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-19 17:06 -0500
        Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-20 14:20 +0000
          Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-20 09:40 -0500
      Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2018-01-19 17:20 -0500
        Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-19 17:52 -0500
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  Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2018-01-17 22:44 -0500
    Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-18 12:40 +0000
    Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-18 09:27 -0500
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      Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2018-01-19 20:53 -0500
        Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2018-01-19 23:20 -0500
          Re: What should one read to learn VBScript? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2018-01-20 10:33 -0500
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