> 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. >> 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?
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Bernard Devlin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 Thanks Bernard! This is exactly what I needed. From this info I can arrive at a solution. However, I hope that it will eventually be added to the create alias command in Rev. I will submit an enhancement request if there isn't one already. Roger Eller <[email protected] _______________________________________________ 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
