[dba-VB] Creating a desktop shortcut via Visual Basic 6.0

Jim DeMarco Jdemarco at hshhp.org
Thu Dec 4 08:11:17 CST 2003



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Seth,

If you search the AccessD archives I posted code using the Windows Scripting Host Library that does this (it was a long time ago but I think you should find it).

Jim DeMarco

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Galitzer [mailto:sgsax at ksu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:09 AM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [dba-VB] Creating a desktop shortcut via Visual Basic 6.0


Richard,

Can you post it to a website and post the URL here?  I'd be interested
in this code as well.

Seth

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 03:43, Griffiths, Richard wrote:
> Hi Paul
> 
> I can send a zipped file offline if you wish
> 
> Richard
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	paul.hartland at fsmail.net [SMTP:paul.hartland at fsmail.net]
> > Sent:	04 December 2003 09:03
> > To:	dba-vb
> > Cc:	accessd
> > Subject:	[dba-VB] Creating a desktop shortcut via Visual Basic 6.0
> > 
> > To all,
> >  
> > Does anyone know a way how to create a shortcut on a desktop using VB6, I
> > have an application that creates various Excel spreadsheets and puts them
> > into a specified directory.  What I then want to do is give the user an
> > option of creating a shortcut to this Excel sheet onto their desktop.
> >  
> > Sample code etc will be greatly appreciated.
> >  
> > Thanks in advance for all your help on this.
> >  
> > Paul Hartland
> > Database Designer/Developer.
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Seth Galitzer			sgsax at ksu.edu
Computing Specialist		http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University

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