TargetPath Property

Description

The path of the shortcut's executable.

PowerBASIC Syntax

PROPERTY GET TargetPath () AS STRING

PROPERTY SET TargetPath(BYVAL bstrTargetPath AS STRING)

Arguments

bstrTargetPath

BSTR. A string containing the path of the shortcut's executable.

Remarks

This property is for the shortcut's target path only. Any arguments to the shortcut must be placed in the Arguments property.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#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)

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