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You can add Microsoft Visual Basic Script (VBScript) or JScript (JavaScript: A scripting language that can be used to add functionality to a Web page or a Web site, or to enhance the look of one. JavaScript scripts can run on any type of client or server computer.) to your page in Microsoft Access.

Scripting (script: A type of computer code used to perform tasks on Web pages, such as incrementing a "number of visitors" counter each time there is a new visitor. Web scripts can be written in several script languages. Scripts do not need to be compiled to be run.) is useful for custom Web-based solutions development. It provides a full object model for the Web browser and the objects on the current page. This makes it easy for you to write code that manipulates elements on the page without having to know HTML (HTML: The standard markup language used for documents on the World Wide Web. HTML uses tags to indicate how Web browsers should display page elements such as text and graphics and how to respond to user actions.) or how the objects are implemented. You can also create script code that is specifically designed to handle events that occur on objects (such as ActiveX controls (ActiveX control: A control, such as a check box or button that offers options to users or runs macros or scripts that automate a task. You can write macros for the control in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications or scripts in Microsoft Script Editor.)) on your Web page.

To view the HTML code or edit a script for your Web page, open the Microsoft Script Editor (Microsoft Script Editor: Used to add text, edit HTML tags, and edit any Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code in a data access page. You can also view your page in the Script Editor as it would appear in a Web browser.). In the Script Editor, you can add text, edit HTML tags, and edit any script code. You can also view your Web page as it would appear in a Web browser.

For more information about creating a script, see Microsoft Script Editor Help.