IWshShortcut.TargetPath Property

[José Roca]

The following code illustrates the use of the TargetPath property:

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#INCLUDE "WSHOM.INC"

' Creates an instance of the Windows Script Host
LOCAL pWsh AS IWshShell
pWsh = NEWCOM "WScript.Shell"

' Creates a shortcut programatically (if it already exists, CreateShortcut opens it)
LOCAL pLnk AS IWshShortcut
pLnk = pWsh.CreateShortcut(UCODE$(EXE.PATH$ & "Test.lnk"))

' Sets variuos properties and saves them to disk
pLnk.Description = UCODE$("Hello world")
pLnk.WorkingDirectory = UCODE$(EXE.PATH$)
pLnk.Arguments = UCODE$("/c")
pLnk.HotKey = UCODE$("Ctrl+Alt+e")
pLnk.IconLocation = UCODE$(EXE.PATH$ & "PROGRAM.ICO,0")
pLnk.RelativePath = UCODE$(EXE.PATH$)
pLnk.TargetPath = UCODE$(EXE.PATH$ & "EX_WHLNK_CreateShortcut.EXE")
pLnk.WindowStyle = %WshNormalFocus
pLnk.Save

' Get the parameters to to see if they have changed
STDOUT "Shortcut description: " & ACODE$(pLnk.Description)
STDOUT "Shortcut working directory: " & ACODE$(pLnk.WorkingDirectory)
STDOUT "Shortcut arguments: " & ACODE$(pLnk.Arguments)
STDOUT "Shortcut hot key: " & ACODE$(pLnk.HotKey)
STDOUT "Shortcut icon location: " & ACODE$(pLnk.IconLocation)
STDOUT "Shortcut target path: " & ACODE$(pLnk.TargetPath)
STDOUT "Shortcut window style: " & FORMAT$(pLnk.WindowStyle)