Useful, stable editor for VBS scripting?

Question

I'm an experienced VBA macro programmer (Word & Excel), but a relative newbie to VBS scripting. While I've found it easy to figure out the nuances of VBS scripting & have made good use of the results, I'm surprised to find no equivalent to the MS Office VBA editor -- something with IntelliSense, auto list members -- all that good stuff I've come to depend on in VBA.

I downloaded Visual Studio, which, according to some, is what I'm looking for, but I don't see how to start a plain script, only more esoteric stuff like forms, games, self-contained apps, etc. Plus it's horrifically unstable -- occasionaly freezes with no apparent provocation, quivers endlessly in some stages, and doesn't seem to know where its own helpfile is.

What else is out there? I can't imagine everyone who writes VBS scripts bows to Notepad!

Thanks for any clues.

Answer 1

A lot of people use NotePad++ if you want a free editor, but it does not have intellisence.

It does have highlighting and folding etc.



I have heard that VbsEdit is an excellent IDE, but it costs around $60. There is a trial version if you want to check it out.

http://www.vbsedit.com/

Answer 2

LOL visual studio is the last thing you need. Yeah, maybe if you know ASP, but thats the only thing that would ever use scripting at all. Try microsoft script editor/debugger, thats the only tools I know of, or just get the upgraded notepad, notepad++, which at least highlight your syntax.

Answer 3

Use an actual IDE like Visual Basic .NET 2010.



Or if you want something simpler try Notepad++.

im not sure if it has a VBS Function, but it has C#.



C# = VB with a slightly different syntax.