Editing VBScript (section)

==Environments==

===Client-side web===

In a web page loaded by [[Internet Explorer]], VBScript is similar in function to [[JavaScript]]. The VBScript code in the HTML is logic that interacts with the [[Document Object Model]] (DOM) of the page {{endash}} allowing for functionality not possible in HTML alone. However, other web browsers such as [[Google Chrome|Chrome]], [[Firefox]] and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] do not support VBScript. Therefore, when client-side scripting and cross-browser compatibility are required, developers usually choose JavaScript due to its wide cross-browser compatibility.

===Active server page===

VBScript is used for server-side web page functionality via [[Active Server Pages]] (ASP). The ASP engine, {{Mono|asp.dll}}, invokes {{Mono|vbscript.dll}} to run VBScript scripts. VBScript that is embedded in an ASP page is contained within <% and %> context switches. The following example displays the current time in 24-hour format.

<syntaxhighlight lang="aspx-vb" line="1">
 <% Option Explicit %>
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>VBScript Example</title>
 	</head>
 	<body>
 		<div><% 
 			' Grab current time from Now() function.
 			' An '=' sign occurring after a context switch (<%) is shorthand 
 			' for a call to the Write() method of the Response object.
 			Dim timeValue : timeValue = Now %>
 			The time, in 24-hour format, is 
 			<%=Hour(timeValue)%>:<%=Minute(timeValue)%>:<%=Second(timeValue)%>.
 		</div>
 	</body>
 </html>
</syntaxhighlight>

===Windows script host===

VBScript can run directly in the operating system via the [[Windows Script Host]] (WSH). A script file, usually with [[file extension|extension]] <code>.vbs</code> can be run either via {{Mono|Wscript.exe}} for [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) or {{Mono|Cscript.exe}} for [[command line interface]] (CLI).

===Windows script file===

A [[Windows Script File]] (WSF), styled after XML, can include multiple VBS files and is therefore a library of VBScript code that can be reused in a modular way. The files have extension <code>.wsf</code> and can be executed using {{Mono|wscript.exe}} or {{Mono|cscript.exe}}, as with a <code>.vbs</code> file.

===HTML Application===

An [[HTML Application]] (HTA) is styled after HTML. The HTML in the file is used to generate the user interface, and a scripting language such as VBScript is used for the program logic. The files have extension <code>.{{Not a typo|hta}}</code> and can be executed using {{Mono|mshta.exe}}.

===Windows Script Component===

VBScript can also be used in a Windows Script Component, an ActiveX-enabled script class that can be invoked by other COM-enabled applications.<ref>[http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/07zhfkh8(VS.85).aspx ''Introducing Windows Script Components''], on MSDN</ref> These files have extension {{Mono|.wsc}}.