How to Make a Library in VB Script
VBScript is short for Microsoft’s Visual Basic script. This programming language is derived from the BASIC programming language and was one of the first languages too provide a graphical programming environment. Visual Basic allows programmers to move large amounts of code simply through drag and drop controls, including dialog boxes and buttons, dramatically saving time and increasing the ease of programming functions. To streamline code under VBScript, coders often wish it had a built-in library. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to create one.
Other People Are Reading
Instructions
-
-
1
Determine whether you want a library. Programmers create libraries to allow them to efficiently write code by storing scripts that they originally created, to save them the time of writing these scripts again. Then, they can include old scripts in code for new applications. Some scripts have native ways of loading libraries. But VBScript does not.
-
2
Create dir and "mkdir commands. Many forms of coding have dir and mkdir commands. The dir class represents directories in a file system that the script accesses. Programmers working with VBScript need to create these commands themselves to use whenever required.
-
-
3
Create functions that produce the same dir functionality and store it in a VBS file. A function is a chunk of code with a reusable property that can be used under several different circumstances. Program statements are grouped into units and given names. They carry out tasks that the program cannot do alone .
-
4
Create a subroutine that performs the mkdir function and puts it in the same vbs file. Subroutines are instructions that perform specific tasks for a main routine. The subroutine returns to its proper main routine after finishing the task. They then create another vbs file and load the library vbs file. They can use the library functionality in different applications.
-
5
Add a function check for a directory. This approach uses the File System Object (FSO) folderexists method, a line of code that checks to determine if a specific folder exists. It then returns a boolean value that states that the folder either exists or doesn’t exist.
-
1
Tips & Warnings
A VBSript library is a text file with VBScript functions and subroutines. Text files contain the code that programs can read to carry out specific actions. VBScript simply lacks the code needed to run applications used in the library.
Subroutines and functions are distributed by other programmers for free, allowing programmers to build on their developments and gradually improve the quality of coding.
References
- Photo Credit Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images
