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VBScript
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Also known as VBS, VBScript Programming, Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition

VBScript (Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is a deprecated programming language for scripting on Microsoft Windows using Component Object Model (COM), based on classic Visual Basic and Active Scripting. It was popular with system administrators for managing computers and automating many aspects of computing environments, and has been installed by default in every desktop release of Microsoft Windows since Windows 98; in Windows Server since Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack; and optionally with Windows CE (depending on the device it is installed on).

Key facts

Programming language.logo
File:VBSccript file format icon.png
Programming language.file_ext
.vbs, .vbe, .wsf, .wsc (.asp, .hta, .htm, .html)
Programming language.developer
Microsoft
Programming language.latest_release_version
6.0
Programming language.implementations
Windows Script Host, Active Server Pages
Programming language.influenced_by
Visual Basic
Programming language.influenced
Windows PowerShell
Programming language.operating_system
Windows
Programming language.website
https://learn.microsoft.com/previous-versions/t0aew7h6(v=vs.85)

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Wikidata facts

Based on
Visual Basic
Developer
Microsoft
Image
HP Quick Test Professional VBScript Code.png
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file extension
vbs
Commons category
VBScript
software version identifier
5.8
inception
1996-00-00
media type
text/vbs
dialect of computer language
Visual Basic
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