jtm2020hyo
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Which ebook/book pdf could I buy (or read for free if possible) to learn advanced VBS (or VBA if there is not VBS ebooks/books)
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What is it you want to do with VBS? If it's primarily system administration then I would suggest the popular "Advanced VBScript for Microsoft Windows Administrators" by Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks, 2 well-known authors in the fields of Windows administration and automation. (See [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583614.Advanced_VBScript_for_Microsoft_Windows_Administrators[/url] for more details.)
It's an old book from 2006 (... but so's VBS) so you should be able to find it cheaply. I got my own copy from a 'book barn' that advertised online.
Note that Microsoft now focuses on PowerShell for preferred system administration (particularly remote devices) and that development of VBS ended years ago. As a result VBS is stuck in time whilst PowerShell continues to have additional capability added.
Hope this helps...
It's an old book from 2006 (... but so's VBS) so you should be able to find it cheaply. I got my own copy from a 'book barn' that advertised online.
Note that Microsoft now focuses on PowerShell for preferred system administration (particularly remote devices) and that development of VBS ended years ago. As a result VBS is stuck in time whilst PowerShell continues to have additional capability added.
Hope this helps...
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jtm2020hyo
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Thanks a lot.
I will check it.
Actually I use VBS/VBA in AutoCAD MEP, and not sure if there exist any VBS book for this task(related to AutoCAD and Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing design).
... I am interested mainly in Arrays, anything like combine 1D, 2D, 3D arrays, with those arrays do basic and complex operations, calcs, etc.
I will check it.
Actually I use VBS/VBA in AutoCAD MEP, and not sure if there exist any VBS book for this task(related to AutoCAD and Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing design).
... I am interested mainly in Arrays, anything like combine 1D, 2D, 3D arrays, with those arrays do basic and complex operations, calcs, etc.
>VBS/VBA in AutoCAD
Didn't know AutoCAD included VBScript (which, whilst syntactically close to VBA, is a separate language with it's own quirks)
> I am interested mainly in Arrays
There’s a reasonably comprehensive overview of the basics of VBA arrays here
Didn't know AutoCAD included VBScript (which, whilst syntactically close to VBA, is a separate language with it's own quirks)
> I am interested mainly in Arrays
There’s a reasonably comprehensive overview of the basics of VBA arrays here
I first learned something about VBScript from this book It's now very old (from 2000) and you can look at it here in the archive or you can find it on the web in electronic format as CHM or PDF file. More advanced topics not covered in the book I only learned by searching on the web, reading discussions and trying things out.
Programming in VBA e.g. in Excel is still relevant and books on this topic are still available.
Programming in VBA e.g. in Excel is still relevant and books on this topic are still available.
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