Difference between revisions of "Create a shortcut"
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| − | Public Sub CreateShortcut( | + | Creating shortcuts in VB is relatively easy with help of the Windows Scripting Shell object. This allows you to create a shortcut at a given path and then set all the properties as you need. |
| − | Target As String, Parameters As String) | + | |
| + | Public Sub CreateShortcut(ByVal Path As String, ByVal Name As String, _ | ||
| + | ByVal Target As String, Optional ByVal Parameters As String = "") | ||
Dim Shell As Object 'WshShell | Dim Shell As Object 'WshShell | ||
| − | Dim | + | Dim Shortcut As Object 'WshShortcut |
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Set Shell = CreateObject("wscript.shell.1") | Set Shell = CreateObject("wscript.shell.1") | ||
| − | Set | + | Set Shortcut = Shell.CreateShortcut(Path & Name & ".lnk") |
| − | + | Shortcut.TargetPath = Target | |
| − | + | Shortcut.Arguments = Parameters | |
| − | + | Shortcut.Save | |
End Sub | End Sub | ||
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| + | The variables are defined as "Object" because we use late binding, this means you do not need to add a reference and so it is not tied to a specific version of the Windows Scripting Host. | ||
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| + | Please note that you can not include command line parameters in the TargetPath property. | ||
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| + | === See Also === | ||
| + | [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/5ce04e4b-871a-4378-a192-caa644bd9c55.asp WshShortcut object definition on MSDN] | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 5 January 2006
Creating shortcuts in VB is relatively easy with help of the Windows Scripting Shell object. This allows you to create a shortcut at a given path and then set all the properties as you need.
Public Sub CreateShortcut(ByVal Path As String, ByVal Name As String, _
ByVal Target As String, Optional ByVal Parameters As String = "")
Dim Shell As Object 'WshShell
Dim Shortcut As Object 'WshShortcut
Set Shell = CreateObject("wscript.shell.1")
Set Shortcut = Shell.CreateShortcut(Path & Name & ".lnk")
Shortcut.TargetPath = Target
Shortcut.Arguments = Parameters
Shortcut.Save
End Sub
The variables are defined as "Object" because we use late binding, this means you do not need to add a reference and so it is not tied to a specific version of the Windows Scripting Host.
Please note that you can not include command line parameters in the TargetPath property.
