Contents of this book:-

Chapter 1   Getting to Grips with ActiveX

Chapter 2   Using VBScript with HTML Controls

Chapter 3   Communicating with Your Users

Chapter 4   Using the VBScript Language

Chapter 5   Interfacing VBScript with an HTML Form

Chapter 6   Checking Form Data

Chapter 7   Manipulating Strings

Chapter 8   Adding Date and Time Functions

Chapter 9   Making Your Program Flow

Chapter 10   Using the Power of Arrays

PART 1  Core Technologies

Chapter 1   ActiveX Myths

Chapter 2   ActiveX: A Historical (but Technical) Perspective

Chapter 3   Objects and Visual Basic

Chapter 4   The Component Object Model: Interfaces, Automation, and Binding

Chapter 5   Aggregation and Polymorphism

Chapter 6   The Life and Times of an ActiveX Component

Chapter 7   ActiveX Components: What's in a Name?

PART 2  Code Components

Chapter 8   The Project

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