The following table lists the Windows script technologies and describes the functionality included in each technology.
The powerful Microsoft scripting language targeted specifically at the Internet. JScript 5.6 is the next generation of the Microsoft implementation of the ECMA 262 language.
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition brings active scripting to a wide variety of environments, including Web client scripting in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Web server scripting in Microsoft Internet Information Services.
A Dictionary object is the equivalent of a PERL associative array. Items can be any form of data, and are stored in the array. Each item is associated with a unique key. The key is used to retrieve an individual item and is usually an integer or a string, but can be anything except an array.
The FileSystemObject (FSO) object model allows you to use the familiar object.method syntax with a rich set of properties, methods, and events to process folders and files.
Script Encoder is a simple command-line tool that enables script designers to encode their final script so that Web hosts and Web clients cannot view or modify their source.
Microsoft Windows Script Components provide you with an easy way to create COM components using scripting languages such as Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) and Microsoft JScript.
The Microsoft Windows Script Host (WSH) is a tool that will allow you to run Visual Basic Scripting Edition and JScript natively within the base Operating System, either on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0.
Microsoft Windows Script Interfaces introduce a new way for an application to add scripting and OLE Automation capabilities.