File Extension VBS

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VBS File Extension Description

The .vbs file extension refers to a Visual Basic Script File, which is written using the VBScript scripting language, and VBScript is also referred to as Active Scripting Language. Files with the .vbs file extension can be executed via Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer, and it can also make use of the .vbs file extension. The .vbs file extension can run without the user?s intervention once the WScript is installed. The syntax of the language just shows its derivation as a Microsoft Visual Basic programming language restricted variation.

Since Windows 98 was published in the market, the .vbs file extension is already included in the Windows operating system along with Windows CE. The .vbs file extension support was originally gained from the Windows administrators who are looking for an automation tool that is more dominant than the language created in the late 1970s known as the batch language.

A host environment is needed to run a VBS file and this host environment is readily provided by Microsoft Windows, namely the Windows Script Host and Windows Internet Explorer and the like. Using technologies such as the Microsoft Script control hosting environment for VBS can be included in it.

When the .vbs file extension is in use by Microsoft Internet Explorer, its function is similar to Javascript, though there is no built-in support for the VBS file in browsers such as Opera and Mozilla Firefox. The VBS file is used both in the client side and server side, which process Web pages and this is most evident in Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP). The .vbs file extension is created and can then be executed openly in a desktop computer, which utilizes the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The .vbs file extension can be integrated with other scripting files such as the .wsf files that are XML styled and the .hta files that are HTML styled.

• Properties:

• Common Path:
  User-defined
• Associated Applications:
  Notepad

  Microsoft Visual Basic

Additional VBS File Info:

Microsoft Corporation , VBS File Created by: http://www.microsoft.com/

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