One of the more frustrating things about VBScript is the discrepancy between data that is based on the first item starting at index 0 vs. the first item starting at index 1. To help alleviate that frustration, this article attempts to present a comprehensive collection of that data, and their starting indexes.

Contents 1 Objects 1.1 RegExp 1.2 Scripting.Dictionary 1.3 MSXML 1.4 Word.Application 1.5 Excel.Application 2 Window-Eyes Objects 2.1 Windows 2.2 Keys 2.3 ListviewItems 3 VBScript Functions 3.1 Split

Objects

RegExp

• Method: Execute
• Returns: Collection (specifically a MatchCollection)
• Starting Index: 0

Scripting.Dictionary

• Method: Items
• Returns: Array
• Starting Index: 0

MSXML

• Method: getElementsByTagName("blah")
• Type: Collection
• Starting Index: 0

Word.Application

• Property: Documents
• Type: Collection
• Starting Index: 1

Word collections are generally 1-based.

Excel.Application

• Property: Workbooks
• Type: Collection
• Starting Index: 1

Excel collections, like Word collections, are generally 1-based.

Window-Eyes Objects

Windows

• Property: Item
• Type: Window
• Starting Index: 1

Keys

• Property: Item
• Type: Key
• Starting Index: 0

ListviewItems

• Property: Text
• Type: ListViewItem
• Starting Index: 1

VBScript Functions

Split

• Returns: Array
• Starting Index: 0