VBScript?

Nearly ready to take the exam! really not getting my head around VBScript though! is it something that I'm likely to come accross in the exam? if so has anyone got any tips or good resources on VBScripting?

The MS Press doesn't go into it very much and the Exam Cram book doesn't mention it at all which leads me to think it's maybe not something I'd see in an exam?

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Mishra

Exam topics: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-290.aspx

No VBscript

roolee

Mishra wrote:

Exam topics: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-290.aspx

No VBscript

Excellent! should have probably thought to look there in the first place, haha.

So if any VBScript questions turn up in the exam can I sue Microsoft?

Also, the main reason I asked this was because VBScript questions keep appearing in the Transcender exams.

Mishra

VBscript is a good thing to know (powershell is now the better thing to know). But I think Transcenders asks questions about commands like DSADD in a script. Not about HOW you script in VB.

Thats just what I remember hearing as I don't have Transcenders.

roolee

Mishra wrote:

VBscript is a good thing to know (powershell is now the better thing to know). But I think Transcenders asks questions about commands like DSADD in a script. Not about HOW you script in VB.

Thats just what I remember hearing as I don't have Transcenders.

Yep, I've no doubt it's a handy thing to know but at the moment I just want to nail this exam and know all the info for that inside out.

The Transcender questions are definitely VBScript related and they always seem to be sort and order type questions. I'm totally cool with the DS commands.

dynamik

Those Transcender questions seem to be outside of the exam's scope. They caught me off guard as well. I wouldn't worry too much about them.

snadam

dynamik wrote:

Those Transcender questions seem to be outside of the exam's scope. They caught me off guard as well. I wouldn't worry too much about them.

The MSPress Books also put a lot of stress on scripting for some reason as well. They even have a supplementary CD to explain it better!

Omit Scripting and go pass 290 good luck!

shednik

Yea no real VBScripting on the the 290 exam you should be ok

Daniel333

Don't be shocked if you actually see it on there though. They seed questions in there to learn more about you. It won't be scored.

royal

There is a VBscript question. But it's easy to decipher the answer. You don't need to learn a scripting language to pass any Microsoft exam. That is of course they do come out with a scripting exam like their programming exams.