B4J Question Create Windows Shortcut?

[aidymp]

Hi im looking to create a windows shortcut in code? ideally with custom icon is this possible?

I have seen some posts about it in VB.net but nothing in B4J

Thanks

Aidy

 

[Erel]

You can create a shortcut as part of the installation.

Creating a shortcut at runtime is more difficult. Seems like it requires a Java library that uses JNI to call the Windows specific APIs.

 

[aidymp]

You can create a shortcut as part of the installation.

Creating a shortcut at runtime is more difficult. Seems like it requires a Java library that uses JNI to call the Windows specific APIs.

Does a library like this exist? as my plan is to copy an existing windows application and run it in portable mode, this way the user would have 2 or more versions of the same app, i can make the .bat but a shortcut would be the icing on the cake!

Thanks

Aidy

 

[wonder]

Hi im looking to create a windows shortcut in code? ideally with custom icon is this possible?

I have seen some posts about it in VB.net but nothing in B4J

Thanks

Aidy

This article may help: http://superuser.com/questions/455364/how-to-create-a-shortcut-using-a-batch-script

Then, you can use jShell to run the batch file.

 

[inakigarm]

More options: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19629034/create-shortcut-in-windows-programmatically

Java involved: https://github.com/BlackOverlord666/mslinks


Sure more options avalaible..(powershell,vbscript) with jshell

 

[DonManfred]

Java involved: https://github.com/BlackOverlord666/mslinks

will try to build a wrapper for it later today

 

[aidymp]

@DonManfred that would be excellent! in the mean time i will read up on the above links! Thank you everyone above! I have clicked the likes too!

Thanks

Aidy

 

[aidymp]

will try to build a wrapper for it later today

I have a donation waiting!

 

[lemonisdead]

I have a donation waiting

Please, don't put Manfred under pressure. He does his best when he is relaxed

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[aidymp]

Please, don't put Manfred under pressure. He does his best when he is relaxed

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lol! at the cat!

Thanks

Aidy

 

[DonManfred]

I have a donation waiting!

Nice to hear ;-) Wrapper is written.

But sadly it does not work as yet... I´m investigating what´s going wrong. Hopefully i can get rid of it

 

[DonManfred]

He does his best when he is relaxed

I would like to give TWO likes to your post, sweety...
One for your comment and one for the cool Cat

 

[lemonisdead]

sweety

Meaow

 

[DonManfred]

But sadly it does not work as yet... I´m investigating what´s going wrong. Hopefully i can get rid of it

after a couple hours of testing. I got it working. BUT not able to set an icon, not able to set commandline-args, not able to set an description.

So i decided to stop working on it and i did a search by myself and found this.

I downloaded it
did a wraper for it in about 30 minutes. And some hours more to do some documentation, tests, creating the zips...
Did a small example to test.

WORKS