Editing VBScript (section)

==Development tools==
Microsoft does not routinely make available an IDE ([[Integrated Development Environment]]) for VBScript,  although the [[Microsoft Script Editor]] has been bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Office.

For debugging purposes the [[Microsoft Script Debugger]] can still be used in current Windows versions, even though the tool has not been updated in years. It allows the user to set break points in the VBScript code but the user interface is more than clumsy.

There are VBScript debuggers available from third-party sources,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vbsedit.com/|title=VbsEdit - VBScript Editor with Debugger - VBS Editor|website=www.vbsedit.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.remotedebugger.com/vbs_debugger/vbs_debugger.asp|title=SplineTech VBS Debugger, VBScript Debugger. Debug VBS.|first=Spline Technologies|last=Corp.|website=www.remotedebugger.com}}</ref> and many [[list of text editors|text editors]] offer [[syntax highlighting]] for the language.

During execution, when an error occurs, the script host issues a message stating the type of error and the number of the offending line.