Hi Jonathin: Chip has covered it pretty well if you mean comparing some .net language like vb.net or c# to VbScript. There are allot more powerful features he has not touched on but for the most part he is spot on when it comes to creating scripts for WindowEyes. As for properties and methods it is actually a snap using the Properties Window. You might just bring up the default Form1.vb file in forms designer by hitting enter on it. Then hit f4 and the Properties Window comes up which is a dialog. There is a list of properties for the Form like Name, BackgroundColor, ForgroundColor, Size and the like you can arrow up and down having the default values read to you. To change the name arrow to the Name property tab and type the new name in the text box. To set the form size arrow to the size property and enter something like 1024, 768. Now close the property Window, close the designer and hit f5 to run the project and your new form is displayed. The Properties Dialog works for all controls from the Form object to any objects you might drop on it like Buttons, TextBoxes or ListBoxes and so on. When you select one of these controls from either inside the designer or from the list of available controls for a form, also in the designer and you find it by tabbing to it, the appropriate properties for that control are displayed in the table of properties and you can set them as mentioned above so you don't have to worry about memorizing properties and the same for event handlers... You simply pick a control as above, still in the Properties Dialog and tab to the list of events available for that control, hit enter on the event you want and the event handlers are setup for you automatically and you can type your code into these handlers. Now there are other steps but it is really just about that simple. Setting and wiring up Properties and Event Handlers is a snap and takes only a few seconds. I can create a new vb.net Windows project, drop a button on a form, set a few properties, add an event handler, test the button click event and save the new project in 2 minutes or less. So actually setting properties and wiring up event handlers is a very, very fast thing to do so long as they are .net objects. Working with the WindowEyes Object Model is diferent since it is a non .net Platform object and must be accessed using COM Interop. I think if you have to ask you likely would be better off sticking with something like vbScript or trying to find help learning Pytho which may be a really nice choice for external WindowEyes scripts.
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