Even if you don't know Visual Basic, once you learn VBScript, you're on your way to programming with the whole family of Visual Basic languages. Visual Basic developers can use VBScript in a number of environments besides Web pages. Microsoft Windows Script Components provide you with an easy way to create COM components. Use script components as COM components in applications such as Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft Windows Script Host, and any other application that can support COM components. The Microsoft Script Control is an ActiveX control that provides an easy way for developers to make applications scriptable.
Users can extend application functionality through scripts, much as they do with macros today.
The Microsoft Windows Script Host is a tool that will allow you to run script natively within the base Operating System, either on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000. Developers can write script to automate common tasks, and to create powerful macros and logon scripts. Visit the Microsoft Script Technologies Web site for more information on using VBScript in various applications. You can find a complete list of the differences between VBScript and Visual Basic for Applications in the following documents. VBScript Features Features currently in VBScript.