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Daniel, Thanks for your information. I'm trying to learn a little bit of VB
programming and I found in the Macmillan site a book that could help me get
acquainted with VB. As you mentioned you can read the whole book there. The
book title is "Teach yourself VB5 in 24 hours" (version 5 is good enough for
a beginner like me). Before I read your message I tried a web search engine
(dogpile) to get information on VB (for the search I tried Visual Basic
tutorial), but out there there is a lot of information which made me feel
confused, and all I needed is a book which could lead me step by step using
definitions. Thank you for your suggestion. Manuel Barquin
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Equis Metastock Listserv Post <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 10:32 AM
Subject: Free Books, Windows 98 Scripting Host & VBa Newsgroups
> Some people on this list asked about automating tasks in Windows
> 98. I was doing some browsing on the Amazon site and came upon
> the Macmillan book publisher site.
> http://www.pbs.mcp.com/
>
> At this site, they actually have entire computer books online
> which you can read free of charge. While not all of the books
> are current, they do have a good selection for VB 6, VC++ 6,
> Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and even Perl 5. In 2 of the
> Win98 books they have chapters about scripting. For those of you
> who have never heard of Windows scripting, it is supposed to be
> similar to the old DOS batch files except it is for Windows 98.
> You probably already have Windows scripting on your Windows 98
> system and don't know it. Look for files Wscript.exe and
> Cscript.Exe. The Macmillan books are:
> Windows 98 Professional Reference
> http://www.pbs.mcp.com/ebooks/1562057863/ch33/ch33.htm
>
> Platinum Edition Using Windows 98
> http://www.pbs.mcp.com/ebooks/0789714892/ch21/ch21.htm
>
> Microsoft has an entire sub-site dedicated to scripting. Here
> you can download manuals and free upgrades and get more info:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/
>
> Microsoft has these newsgroups dedicated to scripting. The first
> 3 are the main ones with 3 to 5 thousand messages. While your
> ISP may provide you with these, I suggest you use the Microsoft
> MSNEWS server because they hold messages longer. WSH appears to
> be the one to use for Windows automation questions.
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.scripting.wsh
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.scripting.jscript
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.scripting.remote
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.scripting.debugger
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.scripting.scriptlets
>
> If you have any questions for Excel VBa, you can go here. This
> newsgroup is very active with over 13,000 messages.
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.programming
>
> I am not familiar with Windows scripting. However, it appears
> you can automate almost any task with it. Unfortunately, I think
> the actual programming may be a bit tedious compared to third
> party programs such as AutoMate. Of course, Windows scripting is
> free and AutoMate costs about $100. Also, as with most other
> Microsoft products, Windows Scripting is the standard and more
> supported than the other automation products.
>
> What I find amazing about what I found is the sheer volume of
> information available now. Because of higher densities on the
> newer hard disk drives, companies are able to store much more on
> their servers. It's incredible that they are GIVING all of this
> material away. Think about the possibilities of being able to
> publish entire books, with GIF's even, online. When you publish
> online, you are able to completely bypass the entrenched
> publishers and allow the entire world to read your work.
>
> Daniel.
>
>
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