Create a WSC component part 2

In the first part of our tutorial on creating our WSC component we created a skeleton for the component using the WSC wizard , we will now add some functionality to the component , register it and use the component .

Firstly , locate your component and open it with notepad or a similar text editor and you will notice a whole load of code has been created for you . We want to modify the code between the <script language = "VBScript"> and the <script> tags . Change the code so it looks like this

<script language="VBScript">
<![CDATA[

function SayHello()
MsgBox "Hello world sample component"
end function

]]>
</script>

figure 7 : our modified code

You will notice the code in the .wsc file is XML and that a variety of information is present such as registration information.

Registering your component

Now we will register our component . The method I am using is with Windows 2000 .

1/ : Locate the component in the directory / folder in which you saved it .
2/ : Right click on the component and you will be presented witha series of options figure 8 , select register and click on it you should recieve a success message . figure 9

Using our component

Now we will create an asp page and use our component , create a new asp page and enter the following code .

<%
Dim greeting
'create an instance of the HelloWorld object
Set greeting = Server.CreateObject("HelloWorld.SayHello")
'display a greeting
greeting.SayHello
%>

Now save this and check this works correctly by opening your page you should now see a message box with your message displayed in it.