VBScript | Introduction

Last Updated : 28 Apr, 2025

The VBScript stands for Visual Basics Script language. Basically it is the combination of Visual Basic programming language and JavaScript language. VBScript was invented and maintained by Microsoft. It is used to develop dynamic web pages. It is much lighter compared to Visual Basic programming language but works as a scripting language like JavaScript. To run VBScript on the client-side, the client must have to use Internet Explorer because other browsers are still not supported by the VBScript.

VBScript currently runs on below mentioned environments:

Internet Information Server (IIS) - It is a Microsoft web server.
Windows Script Host(WSH) - It is a native hosting environment of Windows operating system.
Internet Explorer (IE) - It is the simplest hosting environment where we can run VBScript code.

Prerequisite: To run VBScript script locally we need only two things:

Text Editor (Any VBScript editors like Notepad++, Text Hawk, EditPlus, etc.)
Microsoft Edge

Note: All the VBScript editors are actually HTML editors that supports VBScript. Setup for VBScript:

Step 1: Open your text editor and create a basic HTML file (for example: index.html) and paste the below code inside that file.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>VBScript Introduction</title>
    </head>
    <body>
 
         <!-- Paste VBScript Here -->
    </body>
</html>

Step 2: Paste the below code inside the body tag of your HTML code, or you can paste it inside the head tag. Exactly the same as you have done with JavaScript.

javascript

<script type="text/vbscript">
    document.write("Hello geeks, greeting from GeeksforGeeks")
</script>

Step 3: Combine both the code and run it on Microsoft Edge and you will get the below output in the console.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>VBScript Introduction</title>
</head>

<body>
    <script type="text/vbscript">
        document.write("Welcome to GeeksforGeeks")
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Welcome to GeeksforGeeks

Note: To use in client-side, client have to use Microsoft Edge.

Troubleshoot: If your VBScript code is not working then use the following steps:

Press F12 key or use Right click to open Inspect Element.
Click on "Emulation" to open Emulation setting.
Change the Document mode from Default to 10.

Disadvantages:

The VBScript code will be processed by Microsoft Edge only. Other browsers except Microsoft Edge (like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera etc) will not process the VBScript code.
The VBScript code will run only Windows Operating System platform. Other operating systems (like Linux, Mac, etc) will not run.
The VBScript code is used as a default scripting language of ASP.

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