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6 unusual facts about VBscript


FogBugz

In 2003, FogBugz was originally written in classic Active Server Pages and VBScript.

Microsoft Script Debugger

Microsoft Script Debugger is relatively minimal debugger for Windows Script Host-supported scripting languages, such as VBScript and JScript.

Windows Script File

VBScript users may write their own sort method or borrow one from an existing object like an ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) Recordset or a .

In regular VBScript and JScript files, you would be forced to declare a constant's value (outside of those that are internal to the Windows Script Host) in order to use the constant.

It allows mixing the scripting languages JScript and VBScript within a single file, or other scripting languages such as Perl, Object REXX, Python, or Kixtart if installed by the user.

The most memorable example for long-time VBScript users is the use of Microsoft JScript to service a sort request for VBScript since it does not have a built-in sort function for an array of values.


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^txt2regex$

The regular expression is generated in the notation used by awk, ed, egrep, Emacs, expect, find, grep, lex, Lisp, MySQL, OpenOffice.org, Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, Procmail, Python, Sed, Tcl, VBscript, Vi, and Vim.

Active Scripting

VBScript and JScript engines are included with the default installation of Windows versions after Windows 95, and are an optional install with CE.

Christmas Tree EXEC

Its core mechanism was essentially the same as the ILOVEYOU worm of 2000 - although running on mainframes rather than PCs, spreading over a different network, and scripted using REXX rather than VBScript.


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