> I'm trying to write a CFX that will create a windows shortcut in
> a specific
> fold. The location of the file is stored in a database and getting that
> information out is easy. I can use CFFILE to copy yhe file over
> to the new
> folder, but that defeats what we want to do.
>
> Does any one know sone C++ code to create a windows shortcut?
> I've searched
> the MSDN library with no luck.
Sure. You'll need to fiddle with this (rather ancient code) depending on
WHERE you want the short cut, but it's 90% of the battle. At least it's
generic enough to be useful. :)
--min
//c++ IShellLink methods for accessing shortcuts
//based in part on the sparsely documented MS SDK code
BOOL CreateShortCut (const char *pszShortcutFile, const char *pszLinkPath,
const char *pszDesc, const char *pszWorkingDirectory, int iconid )
{
HRESULT hres;
IShellLink* psl;
::CoInitialize( NULL ); //warm up the COM libraries
hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID_IShellLink, (void**)&psl);
if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
IPersistFile* ppf;
hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void**)&ppf);
if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
WCHAR wsz[MAX_PATH];
//set the path to the .exe file
hres = psl->SetPath(pszShortcutFile);
if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
//set the description (does this ever work?)
hres = psl->SetDescription(pszDesc);
if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
//set the working directory
hres =
psl->SetWorkingDirectory(pszWorkingDirectory);
if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
//use the first icon in the .exe file
hres =
psl->SetIconLocation(pszShortcutFile,iconid);
if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
//do it. commit the shortcut
::MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP,
0, pszLinkPath, -1, wsz, MAX_PATH);
hres = ppf->Save(wsz, TRUE);
}
}
}
}
ppf->Release();
}
psl->Release();
}
::CoUninitialize(); //power down the COMs
return SUCCEEDED(hres);
}
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