Using Microsoft Script Editor for Data Access Pages

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Microsoft Script Editor is a handy tool to use when designing data access pages. This article will help you get acquainted with it.

Introduction

Data access pages are based on Microsoft's DHTML and therefore can greatly benefit by using the support of scripting. Using JavaScript would be ideal for those versed in JavaScript. Microsoft's JScript or VbScript can also be used for intranet applications. However, since Data Access Pages are Microsoft specific, any of these technologies can be used. The scripting gets you one up on what can be achieved by the designer alone. Microsoft Script Editor comes in extremely handy for interactive design of data access pages which present a web window for your company's data. This series of articles will present tutorials that will prepare the reader to experiment and use scripting support for their Data Access Pages.

What is this tutorial about?

This tutorial will show you a step by step method for getting acquainted with this most helpful tool, the Microsoft Script Editor. I assume you have some JavaScript/VbScript programming experience. However, I've written the article for the not so experienced beginner. I will not cover Microsoft Office web components.

Microsoft Script Editor

What is the Microsoft Script Editor? Well, it edits scripts for various Office applications from within the Office application. This is true for all Office products except Microsoft Outlook, which has its own script editor. How do you find it? And how do you use it? That's the content of this tutorial and the next.

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