Resolve shorcut?

[guryev]

Hello,

Is is possible to retrieve information (e.g., the command line) from a shortcut file using the lua script of the installer or uninstaller? Any functions/actions?

Thanks.

[Ulrich]

I have built a plugin which can retrieve the target and the arguments of shortcuts to files (not URLs). Here you can see it in use with a demo application built with AutoPlay Media Studio. Of course the same plugin can be used in Setup Factory 9.

This is the script used for the button:

local tFile = Dialog.FileBrowse(true, "Select Shortcut", _DesktopFolder, "Shortcuts (*.lnk)|*.lnk|", "", "*.lnk", false, true);

if (tFile[1] ~= "CANCEL") then
   local tShortcut = Utilities.GetLnkTarget(tFile[1]);
   error = Application.GetLastError();
   if (error ~= 0) then
      Dialog.Message("Error", _tblErrorMessages[error], MB_OK, MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
   else
      Label.SetText("Target", tShortcut.Target);
      Label.SetText("Arguments", tShortcut.Arguments);
   end
end

If you are interested in this, you can find it on my web server. Here is the documentation of this plugin.

Ulrich