on a quest

Hi People.

For a time now I try to learn myself VBscript in my sparetime. So far so good...

My main problem is, I have no clue on the syntax. I googled for beginnerpages, I scanned technet, I lookd for books "sigh"

Does anyone know a site/book/Masterbrain where I can find the very basics of vbscript. And not only "this script will do that". More in the direction of "this line does that, because there is xxxx. This semicolon means yyyyy etc.".

Any help would be greatly appreciated !
Im sorry if this question is already postet, i couldnt find it so far.

Thx for any help !!

Kind regards
Bheleu

I would start with the microsoft Script Center. The scripting guys release articles that go pretty in depth regarding the why of how you would write scipts. It isn't really syntax oriented per se, but in the process of reading the articles I think you will learn the syntax.

Like ebgreen said MSDN is pretty much the best resource out there and scripting guys have some neat tips and tricks for you to learn.

As to how I learn, it is pretty funny.

I first got interested into batch files because they were simple and did what I needed.  I messed with VBScript for a few things but didn't understand it too well and though batch would be good enough.

Eventually I got curious enough to delve into it even more.  The best way I learned was to find scripts to make.

For instance, I wanted to make a script that would allow a PC to call a shutdown routine but I wanted to be able to prompt the user to make a choice, if no choice was give, it would automatically advance.

So I had to look for the following things:
A) how to issue a shutdown to a PC
B) how to prompt the user for input as well as have a timeout

And this would lead you to the popup "form" and the WMI connection string and shutdown method.

So all in all, finding something you want to script and the researching HOW it is done is the best way to learn it.  Going all gungho is nice and all, but you don't learn as much as you would otherwise.

I wantetd to thank you for your posts!

So I will stick to the "so-far-plan" to read what I find and to the best with it.

Thank you anyway! :)

kind regards.
Bheleu