Microsoft Script Editor

The Microsoft Script Editor (MSE or MSE.EXE or "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\mse7.exe" in Office 2003) is an optional tool included in Microsoft Office 2000^[1] through Office 2003^[2] as well newer versions of office and is found in "C:\Program Files\common files" directory.

It allows one to work with HTML code, DHTML objects, and script in an Office document from within an Office application.^[3] In addition to this, if installed, Internet Explorer will allow one to debug JavaScript and VBScript with the editor if the "Disable Script Debugging" Internet Explorer preference option is not checked.

In the About Box, it calls itself "Microsoft Development Environment 7.0". It is a trimmed down version of Visual Studio .NET 2002 (7.0)'s IDE.

See also

• Microsoft Script Debugger

References

1. ^ "DLL Help Database info on MSE.EXE version 6.1.83.92". Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/default.aspx?l=55&fid=113784. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
2. ^ "2007 Microsoft Office System Known Issues/ReadMe". Microsoft. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101633871033.aspx. Retrieved 2009-09-08. "Excel 2007 Question or Issue: Microsoft Script Editor is no longer available. Answer: MSE will no longer be supported in Excel 2007." 
3. ^ MSDN Documentation