The Window object is the object that represents the Internet Explorer. The properties, methods, and events defined in Tables 3-3, 3-4, and 3-5 can be called directly in VBScript without qualification—meaning that the Window object does not need to be specified. The following code shows an example using the Confirm method:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
MyVar = Confirm ("Are you sure?")
</SCRIPT> Table 3-3.Window Object Properties
| Property | Type | Description | Usage |
| Name | String | Returns the name of the current window. | MsgBox Name |
| Parent | Object | Returns a reference to the Parent Set object. | MyObject=Parent |
| Self | Object | Returns a reference to the Window object itself. | Set MyObject=Self |
| Top | Object | Returns a reference to the topmost Window object. | Set MyObject=Top |
| Location | Object | Returns a reference to the Location object. | Set MyObject= Location |
| DefaultStatus | String | Returns or sets the text in the lower left corner of the status bar. (At this writing, this property does not set the specified string to be the default status message. Therefore, it is the same as calling Status.) | DefaultStatus="Ready" |
| Status | String | Returns or sets the text in the lower left corner of the status bar. | Status="Busy" |
| Frames | Object | Returns a reference to the Frames array. | Set MyObject= Frames(1) |
| History | Object | Returns a reference to the History object of the current window. | Set MyObject=History |
| Navigator | Object | Returns a reference to the Navigator object of the current window. | Set MyObject= Navigator |
| Document | Object | Returns a reference to the Document object of the current window. | Set MyObject= Document |
Table 3-4.Window Object Methods
| Method | Return Type | Description | Usage |
| Alert | None | Displays an OK message box. | Alert "Stop that!" |
| Confirm | Boolean | Displays an OK/Cancel message box and returns a Boolean value. True if user clicked on OK; False if not. | MyVar=Confirm ("Are you sure?") |
| Prompt | String | Displays an OK/Cancel input box that returns the text in the input box. The message and the initial text in the input boxcan be specified. | MyVar=Prompt ("Enter your name", "name") |
| Open | Object | Opens a new window. | open("url", "windowName", "windowFeatures", width, height) |
| Close | None | Closes the window. | Close |
| SetTimeout | Long | Executes the code contained in the string after msec milliseconds have elapsed. | MyID=SetTimeout ("string", msec) |
| ClearTimeout | None | Clears the timer specified. | ClearTimeout(MyID) |
| Navigate | None | Jumps to a specified URL. | Navigate "http://www.vb-bootcamp.com" |
Table 3-5.Window Object Events
| Event | Arguments | Description | Usage |
| OnLoad | None | Fires when page is loaded | <BODY OnLoad="MySub"> |
| OnUnload | None | Fires when page is unloaded | <BODY OnUnload="MySub"> |