On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am using Rev 4.0 on WinXP. The create alias command will work for a file > or a folder, but not a URL to an internet page. Looking at the properties > of a FILE.lnk compared to one made from a URL (saved from internet > explorer), the main difference is the middle tab. For a file it is > "Shortcut", and for a URL it is "Web Document". > > If there is no built-in support (yet), what is the best way to script the > creation of a web link file. Should I just store one in a custom property > and write it out to a file when I want to create it?
The problem I see with storing one of these as a file in a custom property then saving it on the filesystem with an updated URL, is that they seem to contain some UUID. If you list one in a command window using e.g. more, you will see something like this: [InternetShortcut] URL=http://www.google.co.uk/ IDList= IconFile=http://www.google.com/favicon.ico IconIndex=1 [{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] Prop3=19,2 Maybe you can just update that URL and the other details won't matter. I notice that when I pasted the above into Notepad and saved it as a .url file, that the iconfile being used was an IE icon rather than Google's favicon. When I clicked the shortcut file, it still opened in my default browser (which is not IE). Still, that may not be satisfactory. I don't do much Windows scripting, but I suppose it should be possible to create one of these Web Document shortcuts using VBScript. I did a quick search for you and found some sample code: http://www.utteraccess.com/forums/printthread.php?Cat=&Board=47&main=1674600&type=thread This seems to be the bare minimum: set oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Microsoft Web Site.url") oUrlLink.TargetPath = "http://www.yahoo.com"; oUrlLink.Save Bernard _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
