John W. Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Dec 4 09:47:50 CST 2003
Windows scripting host is a tool, nothing more. That's like saying you find knives evil because someone got stabbed. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Seth Galitzer Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:39 AM To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [dba-VB] Creating a desktop shortcut via Visual Basic 6.0 Jim, The only problem with that is I view the Windows Scripting Host as EVIL. It ranks right up there with HTML email and Outlook on my list of EVIL things (IMNSHO). I know there are some API calls to create shortcuts, but what I've seen has some limitations. I'm just looking for a A Better Way. Seth On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 08:11, Jim DeMarco wrote: > > 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 > -- Seth Galitzer sgsax at ksu.edu Computing Specialist http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax Dept. of Plant Pathology Kansas State University _______________________________________________ dba-VB mailing list dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb http://www.databaseadvisors.com