Create a shortcut om desktop

[Skillberth webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Can somebody help me with my problem?

I want to check what driver the CD use (ex. d:) and place a shortcut on my desktop who points to a catalogue on the CD-drive.

Can somebody please tell me how I could do this?

[garwspeed]

I want to check what driver the CD use (ex. d:)
i think with the moviepath (try: put the moviepath)


and place a shortcut on my desktop who points to a catalogue on the
CD-drive.

you have to use this beautiful and freeware xtra: file xtra 4 with the
command
-- fx_LinkCreate
for more detail go here:
[url]http://www.kblab.net/xtras[/url].

[Skillberth webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I will check the link.

Thank you.

[Skillberth webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Now I've checked the link... and it's just what I'm looking for. :)

Thank you!

[garwspeed]

:O)

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> Now I've checked the link... and it's just what I'm looking for. :)
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> Thank you!
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[Skillberth webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I have another problem.

I always want the shortcut to be created on the desktop... Not only on my computer. At the moment I use "c:\Documents and Settings\da\Desktop"... but I will do a standard that works on every computer... no matter "desktop string"!

Can I also change icon when I create my shortcut? I refer to a html file... but I want the same icon as the install prgogram and not the html icon.

[Andrew Morton]

> I always want the shortcut to be created on the desktop... Not only on my
computer. At the moment I use "c:\Documents and Settings\da\Desktop"... but I
will do a standard that works on every computer... no matter "desktop string"!

Read through the help for fileXtra4. It has a function to get the user's or the
all users' desktop location.

> Can I also change icon when I create my shortcut? I refer to a html file...

but I want the same icon as the install prgogram and not the html icon.

Doesn't fileXtra4 have a function for that? Possibly even as part of the
shortcut-creating function (I don't have the help file to hand).

Andrew

[johnAq webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

filextra can also help you to get path names for special system and user folders. See the 'fx_FolderGetSpecialPath' command.

Unfortunately FileXtra doesnot allow you to specify an icon for a created shortcut. Buddy API does allow this in its 'MakeShortcutEx' command.

However IIRC, Windows does not embed the icon into the file, it references it from the icon in another file resource (.ico or .exe file). If it doesn't find the resource file, it can't show the icon - so your icon may not show up unless the CD is in the drive (but then again windows has an icon cache so it may 'remember' it - I don't have a PC to test this on right now). you could always stash the icon file away somewhere on the user's HD.

hth

johnAq

[Skillberth webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I missed the fx_FolderGetSpecialPath when I went through the help. It works great.

I haven't looked at the Buddy API yet... but I will asap.

Thank you for all help. I really appreciate it. :)

[Skillberth webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Now... with BuddyAPI in my director... everything working just perfect.

Thanks again for all help. :)