How to Create a Shortcut File

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3 total messages Started by sugi Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:14

#61

Author: sugi
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:14

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Hi all,

I am using BCB 6. I am writing an installer code to setup
my application. During installation, I want my installation 
program to create a shortcut file, so when user click 
start menu, my application icon will be appeared. 
How to do that?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards
Sugi

Re: How to Create a Shortcut File

#62

Author: JF Jolin
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:35

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28 Feb 2007 02:14:20 -0500, sugi <trskopo@yahoo.com> wrote:

> How to do that?


// CreateLink - uses the Shell's IShellLink and IPersistFile interfaces
//              to create and store a shortcut to the specified object.
//
// Parameters:
//          LPCSTR lpszLinkTo,      - File creating shortcut for
//          LPCSTR lpszCreateLink,  - Name and path for the shortcut
//          LPCSTR lpszDesc,        - Description of Shortcut (Comment) Shows in Hint
//          LPCSTR lpszWorkDir,     - Working Directory for lpszLinkTo
//          LPCSTR lpszArguments    - Arguments for lpszLinkTo
//          int    iShow            - Window state to show 1-Normal, 3-Maximized, 7-Minimized
//                                    SW_SHOWNORMAL, SW_MAXIMIZE, SW_MINIMIZE	
//          WORD   wHotKey          - Hot key for the shortcut
//
//
HRESULT __stdcall CreateLink(LPCSTR         lpszLinkTo,
                              LPCSTR         lpszCreateLink,
                              LPCSTR         lpszDesc,
                              LPCSTR         lpszWorkDir,
                              LPCSTR         lpszArguments,
                              int            iShow,
                              WORD           wHotKey)
{
    HRESULT     hres;
    IShellLink  *psl;

    CoInitialize(NULL);

    // Get a pointer to the IShellLink interface.
    hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *) &psl);
    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
       IPersistFile   *ppf;

       // The File to create a Link To  eg: the executable
       psl->SetPath(lpszLinkTo);

       // Description
       psl->SetDescription(lpszDesc);

       // Working Directory
       psl->SetWorkingDirectory(lpszWorkDir);

       // Arguments
       psl->SetArguments(lpszArguments);

       // Window State (SHOW)
       psl->SetShowCmd(iShow);

       // Hot Key / Shortcut Key
       psl->SetHotkey(wHotKey);

       // Query IShellLink for the IPersistFile interface
       // for saving the shortcut in persistent storage.
       hres = psl->QueryInterface((_GUID) IID_IPersistFile, (void **) &ppf);
       if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
          WCHAR  wsz[MAX_PATH];

          // IPersistFile::Save parameter's LPCOLESTR is defined as LPCWSTR for Win32 in <mapinls.h>
          // Ensure that the string is Unicode.
          MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, lpszCreateLink, -1, wsz, MAX_PATH);

          // Save the link by calling IPersistFile::Save.
          hres = ppf->Save(wsz, TRUE);
          ppf->Release();
       }
       psl->Release();
    }
    CoUninitialize();
    return hres;
}


Best regards

__
JF Jolin

Re: How to Create a Shortcut File

#63

Author: sugi
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:36

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"JF Jolin" <jfj@nospam.com> wrote:
>28 Feb 2007 02:14:20 -0500, sugi <trskopo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> How to do that?
>
>
>// CreateLink - uses the Shell's IShellLink and IPersistFile interfaces
>//              to create and store a shortcut to the specified object.


Thank's a lots
Best Regards
Sugi

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