Everything about Windows Script Host
Automation technology for Windows
The Microsoft Windows Script Host (WSH) is an automation technology for Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides scripting abilities comparable to batch files, but with a wider range of supported features. This tool was first provided on Windows 95 after Build 950a on the installation discs as an optional installation configurable and installable by means of the Control Panel, and then a standard component of Windows 98 and subsequent and Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 and by means of Service Pack 4. WSH is also a means of automation for Internet Explorer via the installed WSH engines from IE Version 3.0 onwards; at this, time VBScript became a means of automation for Microsoft Outlook 97. WSH is also an optional install provided with a VBScript and JScript engine for Windows CE 3.0 and following; some third-party engines, including Rexx and other forms of BASIC, are also available. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: Scripting Host Kit. Praxisbuch und WerkzeugkastenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
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Scripting Host Kit. Praxisbuch und WerkzeugkastenTobias Weltner · 2001
Einstieg ins Windows ScriptingHelma Spona · 2003
Scripting WindowsAntoine Habert · 2005
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