Editing VBScript (section)

{{Short description|COM-based Visual Basic scripting language}}
{{Infobox programming language
| logo = [[File:VBSccript file format icon.png]]
| file_ext = [[.vbs]], [[.vbe]], [[.wsf]], [[.wsc]] ([[Active Server Pages|.asp]], [[HTML Application|.hta]], [[.htm]], [[.html]])
| paradigm = 
| year = {{Start date and age|1996|5}}
| designer = 
| developer = [[Microsoft]]
| latest_release_version = 6.0
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|1998|9}}
| latest_test_version = 
| latest_test_date = 
| typing = 
| implementations = [[Windows Script Host]], [[Active Server Pages]]
| dialects = 
| influenced_by = [[Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic]]
| influenced = [[Windows PowerShell]]
| operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| license = 
| website = https://learn.microsoft.com/previous-versions/t0aew7h6(v=vs.85)
| wikibooks = 
}}
'''VBScript''' ([[Microsoft]] [[Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic]] Scripting Edition) is a [[Deprecation|deprecated]] [[programming language]] for [[scripting language|scripting]] on [[Microsoft Windows]] using [[Component Object Model]] (COM), based on [[Visual Basic (classic)|classic Visual Basic]] and [[Active Scripting]]. It was popular with [[system administrator]]s for managing [[computer]]s and automating many aspects of computing environments, and has been installed by default in every desktop release of [[Microsoft Windows]] since [[Windows 98]];<ref>[http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x66z77t4(VS.85).aspx ''WSH Version Information''], on MSDN</ref> in [[Windows Server]] since [[Windows NT 4.0#Option Pack|Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack]];<ref>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4y5y7bh5.aspx ''VBScript Version Information''], on MSDN</ref> and optionally with [[Windows CE]] (depending on the device it is installed on).

VBScript running environments include: [[Windows Script Host]] (WSH), [[Internet Explorer]] (IE), and [[Internet Information Services]] (IIS).<ref>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1kw29xwf.aspx ''What is VBScript?''], in MSDN Library</ref> The running environment is embeddable in other programs via the Microsoft Script Control ({{Mono|msscript.ocx}}).

In October 2023, Microsoft announced that VBScript was deprecated.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 November 2023 |title=Deprecated features in the Windows client - What's new in Windows |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features}}</ref> In May 2024, a multi-phase deprecation schedule was announced with removal planned for 2027 or later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shankar Chilla |first=Naveen |date=2024-05-22 |title=VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps |url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/vbscript-deprecation-timelines-and-next-steps/ba-p/4148301 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Microsoft Community Hub |language=en}}</ref>