It opens the shortcut through CFileDialog, which returns information
containing what the shortcut points to. It doesn't return the shortcut
itself. If the information about the shortcut itself is available, then THAT
is what my question is. Where is it?
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Daley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [msvc] shortcut path
How does the exe open the shortcut?
I must be missing something.
At 9/11/2003 01:45 PM, Palmer, Jean L. wrote:
>*I* know the path to the shortcut.
>Any person opening the shortcut knows the path to the shortcut.
>I want the .exe to know the path to the shortcut. I want to save it for
>later use.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Daley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:38 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [msvc] shortcut path
>
>
>At 9/11/2003 01:17 PM, Palmer, Jean L. wrote:
>
> >I am programatically opening a file though its file shortcut. I want to
> >know the path to that shortcut. The only thing I seem to be able to get
>is
> >the path that the shortcut points to.
>
>You must have the name of the shortcut?
>
>What about GetPath? on the shortcut name?
>
>How do you open the shortcut, if you don't know it's path?
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://personal.monad.net/~p_daley
