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LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 12:44 am Post subject: Read info from a shortcut (.lnk)

Do anyone know of a way to read the info (path, filename, etc.) from
a shortcut file (.lnk)?

Thanks,

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I think it's like reading from an INI file. Let me check into this. Smile

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Hmmm. That's internet shortcuts. Confused

This might help:
http://members.aol.com/wjm4kenpo/wjm107.htm

LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 3:20 am Post subject:

Thanks. Looks like a nice challenge to me! Smile

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 9:03 am Post subject:

The only info you can read from a shortcut can be obtained with the @file()
function. I have not tried either of these:

LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 12:19 pm Post subject:

Oh man. I never noticed that before. Embarassed

Very nice. Thanks for pointing that out. That is what I needed!

Thanks,

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 4:10 pm Post subject:

LiquidCode,
I already gave you an example of how to do that with Gadget and a second DLL I made called dragonfly.dll.... The name of the script is misc.dsc and is one of the examples that come with Gadget. I will be happy to help you work through the code.