Internet Technology and Web Design: Chapter: 10.2 Interactive Tools Topic: 10.2.3 VB Script

E-Content of
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND WEB DESIGN
Chapter : 10.2 Interactive Tools
Topic : 10.2.3 VB Script
VB Script
• Visual Basic is a language based on one of the most taught language

“BAISC” when first starting out with computers.
• VB Script is a subset of the Visual Basic for application programming

language for Internet Explorer.
• Visual Basic or VBA (Visual Basic Application) is used to create web

applications.
• JavaScript's syntax is arguably less intuitive and more obtuse than that
of VB Script and tends to be less forgiving of simple “mistakes” such as
case sensitivity.
• VB Script is an untyped language, which means that all variables are

variants and don't have an explicit type (such as integer or string).
• VB Script was introduced by Microsoft way back in 1996 and the first
version was 1.0. The Current Stable version of VB Script is 5.8, which is
available as part of IE8 or Windows 7.
• An example program for VB Script to print text as 'Hello World'.
<html>
<body>
<script language=”vbscript” type=”text/vbscript”>
document.write(“Hello World!”)
</script>
</body>
</html>
Page | 8
E-Content of
Features of VB Script
• VB Script is a lightweight scripting language, which has a lightning fast

interpreter.
• VB Script, for the most part, is case insensitive. It has a very simple
syntax, easy to learn and to implement.
• Unlike C++ or Java, VB Script is an object-based scripting language and

NOT an Object-Oriented Programming language.
• It uses Component Object Model (COM) in order to access the elements

of the environment in which it is executing.
• Successful execution of VB Script can happen only if it is executed in

Host Environment such as Internet Explorer (IE), Internet Information
Services (IIS) and Windows Scripting Host (WSH).
Uses of VB Script
• The VB Script usage areas are aplenty and not restricted to the below
list.
 VB Script is used as a scripting language in one of the popular

Automation testing tools – Quick Test Professional abbreviated as
QTP.
 Windows Scripting Host, which is used mostly by Windows System

administrators for automating the Windows Desktop.
 Active Server Pages (ASP), a server side scripting environment for

creating dynamic web pages which uses VB Script or Java Script.
 VB Script is used for Client side scripting in Microsoft Internet

Explorer.
Page | 9
E-Content of
 Microsoft Outlook Forms usually runs on VB Script; however, the
application level programming relies on VBA (Outlook 2000
onwards).
Disadvantages of VB Script
• VB Script is used only by IE Browsers. Other browsers such as Chrome,

Firefox do not Support VB Script. Hence, JavaScript is preferred over
VB Script.
• VB Script has a Limited command line support.
• Since there is no development environment available by default,

debugging is difficult.
Page | 10
E-Content of
Topic : 10.2.3A VB Script Variables and Constants
VB Script Variables and Constants
• Variable is a named memory location used to hold a value that can be

changed during the script execution.
• VB Script has only ONE fundamental data type, variant.
• Rules for declaring variables are
 Variable Name must begin with an alphabet.
 Variable names cannot exceed 255 characters.
 Variables should not contain a period (.)
 Variable names should be unique in the declared context.
• To declare variable
 Variables are declared using “dim” keyword. Since there is only one
fundamental data type, all the declared variables are variant by
default. Hence, a user need not mention the type of data during
declaration.
 For example, IntValue can be used as a String, Integer or even

arrays.
Dim Var
 Two or more declarations are separated by comma (,).
Dim Variable1, Variable2
Page | 11
E-Content of
• The following example program for to declare variable and assign value
to it.
<!DOCtype html>
<html>
<body>
<%
Dim name
name=”Gupta”
Response.write(“Myname is: “ & name)
%>
</body>
</html>
• Output for above program is shown below
My name is: Gupta
VB Script Constants
• Constant is a named memory location used to hold a value that cannot

be changed during the script execution.
• If a user tries to change a constant value, the Script execution ends up

with an error. Constants are declared the same way the variables are
declared.
Page | 12
E-Content of
Topic : 10.2.3B VB Script – Loops
VB Script – Loops
• There may be a situation when user needs to execute a block of code several
number of times.
• In general, statements are executed sequentially. The first statement in a function

is executed first, followed by the second, and so on.
• Programming languages provide various control structures that allow for more
complicated execution paths.
• A loop statement allows user to execute a statement or group of statements

multiple times and following is the general from of a loop statement in VB Script.
FIG 10.2 Working of Loop
• VB Script provides the following types of loops to handle looping requirements.
Page | 13
E-Content of
Loop Type Description
For loop Executes a sequence of statements

multiple times and abbreviates the code
that manages the loop variable.
For...each loop This is executed if there is at least one

element in group and reiterated for each
element in a group
While...wend loop This tests the condition before executing

the loop body.
do...while loops The do...While statements will be executed

as long as condition is True. (I.e..,) The
loop should be repeated till the condition is
False.
do...until loops The do...Until statements will be executed

as long as condition is False. (i.e.,) The
Loop should be repeated till the condition
is True.
FIG 10.3: Loop types and its description
• The following example shows the For loop execution.
Page | 14
E-Content of
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<%
For i = 0 to 5
response.write(“The number is “& I & “ <br>
“)
Next
%>
</body>
</html>
• The output for above script is shown below
The number is 0
The number is 1
The number is 2
The number is 3
The number is 4
The number is 5
Page | 15

Internet Technology and Web Design: Chapter: 10.2 Interactive Tools Topic: 10.2.3 VB Script

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Internet Technology and Web Design: Chapter: 10.2 Interactive Tools Topic: 10.2.3 VB Script

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Internet Technology and Web Design: Chapter: 10.2 Interactive Tools Topic: 10.2.3 VB Script

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

E-Content of

INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND WEB DESIGN

Chapter : 10.2 Interactive Tools

Topic : 10.2.3 VB Script

• Visual Basic is a language based on one of the most taught language

• VB Script is a subset of the Visual Basic for application programming

• Visual Basic or VBA (Visual Basic Application) is used to create web

• VB Script is an untyped language, which means that all variables are

• An example program for VB Script to print text as 'Hello World'.

• VB Script is a lightweight scripting language, which has a lightning fast

• Unlike C++ or Java, VB Script is an object-based scripting language and

• It uses Component Object Model (COM) in order to access the elements

• Successful execution of VB Script can happen only if it is executed in

 VB Script is used as a scripting language in one of the popular

 Windows Scripting Host, which is used mostly by Windows System

 Active Server Pages (ASP), a server side scripting environment for

 VB Script is used for Client side scripting in Microsoft Internet

• VB Script is used only by IE Browsers. Other browsers such as Chrome,

• VB Script has a Limited command line support.

• Since there is no development environment available by default,

Chapter : 10.2 Interactive Tools

Topic : 10.2.3A VB Script Variables and Constants

VB Script Variables and Constants

• Variable is a named memory location used to hold a value that can be

• VB Script has only ONE fundamental data type, variant.

• Rules for declaring variables are

 Variable Name must begin with an alphabet.

 Variable names cannot exceed 255 characters.

 Variables should not contain a period (.)

 Variable names should be unique in the declared context.

 For example, IntValue can be used as a String, Integer or even

 Two or more declarations are separated by comma (,).

Dim Variable1, Variable2

• Output for above program is shown below

My name is: Gupta

• Constant is a named memory location used to hold a value that cannot

• If a user tries to change a constant value, the Script execution ends up

Chapter : 10.2 Interactive Tools

Topic : 10.2.3B VB Script – Loops

• In general, statements are executed sequentially. The first statement in a function

• A loop statement allows user to execute a statement or group of statements

FIG 10.2 Working of Loop

• VB Script provides the following types of loops to handle looping requirements.

Loop Type Description

For loop Executes a sequence of statements

For...each loop This is executed if there is at least one

While...wend loop This tests the condition before executing

do...while loops The do...While statements will be executed

do...until loops The do...Until statements will be executed

FIG 10.3: Loop types and its description

• The following example shows the For loop execution.

• The output for above script is shown below

You might also like