Laura Lemay's Web Workshop Activex and Vbscript (Laura Lemay's Web Workshop)

Rogers Cadenhead, Sams Publishing

ISBN:1575212072, Edition: , 1996-12

Price: $39.99

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Chapter 1   Getting to Grips with ActiveX

• Downloading and Installing the ActiveX Control Pad
• Creating a Simple Welcome Page in the ActiveX Control Pad
• Adding ActiveX Label and Command Button Controls
• Setting an ActiveX Control's Property Values
  • Editing Objects in the Object Editor
• Editing ActiveX Control Properties
  • Editing the BackColor Property
  • Changing a Label's Caption and WordWrap Properties
  • Changing a Label's Font Property
• Bringing Your ActiveX Controls to Life with Active Scripting
  • Opening the ActiveX Script Wizard
  • Attaching a Simple VBScript Procedure to a Button
• Adding Hyperlinks ActiveX Style
  • Adding VBScript Code for ActiveX Hyperlinks
• Workshop Wrap-Up
  • Next Steps
  • Q&A

Chapter 2   Using VBScript with HTML Controls

• What Are HTML Intrinsic Controls?
• Making HTML Controls Interactive with VBScript
• Spicing Up a Home Page with VBScript
• Attaching VBScript to an HTML Hyperlink
• Adding a Custom Procedure
• Adding a Global Variable
• Adding a Simple Array
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 3   Communicating with Your Users

• Alerting Users with an Alert Box
• Creating a Simple Message Box
• Creating Custom Message Dialog Boxes
• Adding User Confirmation
• Creating an "Add Your Own" Links Page
• Creating a Custom Input Dialog Box
• Displaying Status Messages
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 4   Using the VBScript Language

• Accessing VBScript Data and Data Subtypes
  • What Is a Variant Data Type?
• Finding Out What Data Type Is Held in a Variant
• Converting Data Types
• Declaring Variables and Constants
  • What's a Variable?
  • What's a Constant?
  • What's Scope?
  • What's a Global Variable?
  • Declaring Variables
• Declaring Global Variables in the ActiveX Control Pad
• Using VBScript Operators to Calculate and Compare
  • Comparison Operators
  • Arithmetical Operators
• Workshop Wrap-Up
  • Next Steps
  • Q&A

Chapter 5   Interfacing VBScript with an HTML Form

• Building an HTML Form to Work with VBScript
• Determining Which HTML Option (Radio Button) Is Clicked
• Determining Which HTML Checkbox Is Checked
• Determining the Selection from an HTML Select
• Confirming a User's Selection
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 6   Checking Form Data

• Alerting Users During the Data Entry
• A Data Verification Example
• Creating the Form
• Validating Numeric Data Entries
• Validating Date Entries
• Verifying String Data Entries
• Implementing an OnChange Event
• Implementing a Validate and Submit Routine
• Using the OnSubmit Event
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 7   Manipulating Strings

• Constructing the Strings Sampler HTML Template
• Making a String All Lowercase Characters
• Adding the Uppercase and Lowercase Sample Form Definition
• Adding the Lowercase Conversion Procedure
• Making a String All Uppercase Characters
• Adding the Uppercase Procedure
• Converting ASCII Codes to String Characters
• Adding the ASCII-to-String Form to the Sample
• Converting String Characters to ASCII Codes
• Adding the String-to-ASCII Form to the Sample
• Finding the Length of a String
• Adding the Length Procedure to the Sample Page
• Returning the Leftmost Characters of a String
• Adding the Left Procedure Form to the Sample Page
• Returning the Rightmost Characters of a String
• Adding the Right Procedure Form to the Sample Page
• Returning Any Part of a String
• Adding the Mid Form to the Sampler Page
• Finding One String Within Another
• Adding the String Search Form to the Sampler Page
• The Completed String-Manipulation Sampler
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 8   Adding Date and Time Functions

• Accessing the Client's Date and Time Variables
• Welcoming Users in Their Own Time Zones
• Creating the Welcome Page HTML Template
• Creating the Time of Day Function
• Adding the Function Calls to the HTML Page
• Rearranging the Date
• Creating the HTML Template for the Date Rearranger
• Adding the Date Rearrangement Function
• Adding the Function Call to the Date Rearrangement Page
• Calculating with Dates and Times
• Creating the Date Calculator HTML Template
• Adding the Date Calculation Script
• Using the Date Last Modified Variable
• Automating What's New
• Creating the What's New Template
• Adding the Subroutine to Automatically Insert a "New" Graphic
• Adding the Calls to the Subroutine
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 9   Making Your Program Flow

• Subroutines
• Declaring Custom Functions
• Declaring Custom Procedures
• Using the ActiveX Control Pad to Create Subroutines
• Making Decisions with If and Select
  • If...Then Else and ElseIf
  • Select Case
• Looping with For and Do
  • For...Next Loops
  • Do...Loop
• Workshop Wrap-Up
  • Next Steps
  • Q&A

Chapter 10   Using the Power of Arrays

• Defining a Static Array
• Displaying the Day
• Defining a Dynamic Array
• Adding a Dynamic Array to a Web Page
• Multidimension Arrays
• Adding a Multidimension Array to a Web Page
• Data Types with Arrays in VBScript
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 11   Real-Life Examples I

• Example 1: Mega Mail Order Credit Card Payments
• Techniques Applied
• Example 2: Randolph Randal's Random Home Page
• Techniques Applied
• Example 3: Tim Day's Link Page
• Techniques Applied

Chapter 12   Using VBScript with ActiveX Controls

• Overview of ActiveX Components
  • The <OBJECT> Tag
  • Generating <OBJECT> HTML Code
• Downloading Objects from the Web
• Empowering Netscape Navigator with ActiveX and VBScript
  • Downloading ScriptActive
  • Trying the Plug-In
• An HTML Page Using a Sample ActiveX Control
  • Adding a Label Object
  • Adding a Button Object
  • Adding a VBScript Program
• Workshop Wrap-Up
  • Next Steps
  • Q&A

Chapter 13   Implementing an ActiveX Menu Control

• Downloading New Controls from the Web
• Implementing the ActiveX Menu Control
• Downloading New Controls to Your Users
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 14   Using the HTML Layout Control

• An Overview of the HTML Layout Control
• The HTML Layout Control Tool Box
• Adding New Controls to the HTML Layout Control Tool Box
• The HTML Layout Control Tool Bar
• Adding Controls to a Layout
• Accessing a Control's Properties
• Aligning Controls on a Layout
• Managing Overlapping Controls
• Creating a Form Using the HTML Layout Control
• Adding the HTML Layout Form to a Web Page
• Adding VBScript to an HTML Layout
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 15   Using Java Applets with VBScript

• The <OBJECT> Tag
• Including Java Applets in Your HTML Pages
• Creating a Java Applet
• Writing the Program
• Compiling the Program
• Putting the Program on a Page
• Expanding the <APPLET> Tag
• Incorporating the <OBJECT> Tag
• Integrating Java Applets and VBScript
• Using the Light Applet
• Going Over the Java Code
• The turnOn() Method
• Communicating with the Applet from VBScript
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 16   Real-Life Examples II

• Example 1
• Techniques Applied
• Example 2
• Techniques Applied

Chapter 17   Using Client-Side Image Maps--the Easy Way

• Creating a Clickable Image
• Determining Areas Within an Image Map
• Adding MouseMove and MouseDown Code to the Image Map
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 18   Interacting with the Browser

• Opening a New Browser Window via VBScript
• Setting a TimeOut
• Navigating Within Frames
• Calling a Script in Another Frame
• Creating a Web Page with VBScript
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 19   Baking Cookies with VBScript

• Security Issues
• What Can You Use Cookies For?
• Cookie Variables
• domain
• path
• secure
• Expiration Date
• Baking a Temporary Cookie
• Baking a Semi-Permanent Cookie
• Baking a Cookie with Multiple Values
• Reading Individual Cookie Values
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 20   Real-Life Examples III

• Example 1: Web Software Kings
• Techniques Applied
• Example 2: A2Z Aluminium Box Co.
• Techniques Applied

Chapter 21   Advanced ActiveX Techniques

• An Overview of COM Theory
• Software that Doesn't Use COM
• Making Use of COM
• The Benefits of COM
• ActiveX's Connection to COM
• ActiveX as an Open Standard
• Object-Oriented Design
• Using Cab Files
• Developing ActiveX Controls
• Adding a Grid OCX Control to a Web Page
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 22   Converting a Visual Basic Application for the Web

• Replacing VB Forms
• Replacing VB Controls
• Replacing Event Handlers, Procedures, and Functions
• The Back End
• Translating a Visual Basic Application for the Web
• The Visual Basic Application
• The HTML Conversion
• Workshop Wrap-Up
• Next Steps
• Q&A
  

Chapter 23   Real-Life Examples IV

• Example 1: XYZ Inc. Corporate Intranet
• Techniques Applied

Appendix A   HTML Reference/MSIE Extensions

• HTML Tags
• Comments
  
• Structure Tags
  
• Headings and Title
  
• Paragraphs and Regions
  
• Links
  
• Lists
  
• Character Formatting
  
• Other Elements
  
• Images, Sounds, and Embedded Media
  
• Forms
  
• Tables
  
• Frames
  
• Scripting and Applets
  
• Marquees
  
• Character Entities
  

Appendix B   HTML Intrinsic Controls: Properties, Events, and Methods

Appendix C   VBScript Reference of Syntax, Methods, and Functions

Appendix D   Active Scripting Object Model