What’s in this guide

The primary method for customizing Meridian to meet your requirements, besides vault configuration described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide, is to use Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript). VBScript is a subset of the Visual Basic programming language that is built into Meridian and many other applications. VBScript provides programmatic access to many Meridian event procedures, functions, and objects such as vaults, folders, documents, properties, and so on, so that you can automate simple tasks. The Meridian objects that are accessible by VBScript are described in Understanding the Meridian object model.

VBScript is used by Meridian in two ways:

• Configuration expressions as described in Understanding configuration expressions
• Meridian event procedures as described in Understanding Meridian event procedures

This reference describes how to use VBScript with Meridian. For general information about the VBScript language, see the VBScript Language Reference web site.

Note    VBScript is not as complete a programming language as Visual Basic for Applications, which is built into Microsoft Office and other applications such as AutoCAD.

Note    VBScript can also be used to customize the behavior of some of the optional Meridian modules, including:

• Meridian Advanced Project Workflow Module
• Meridian Transmittal Management Module
• Meridian Global Collaboration Framework

When these modules are installed on the Meridian application server, they provide additional event procedures and objects that are not described in this guide. For more information on the VBScript features of the optional modules, see the module’s documentation.