winShell.createShortcut

Syntax winShell.createShortcut (path, targetPath)

Params path is the path on disk to the new shortcut file.

targetPath is the path on disk that the shortcut points to.

Action Creates a shortcut at path linking to the file at targetPath.

Returns True.

Examples winShell.createShortcut ("C:\\Frontier.lnk", frontier.getProgramPath ())

   » true

Notes It's up to the caller to be sure there's a .lnk suffix at the end of path.

This verb is Windows-specific; it's implement by a VBScript script.

This verb requires that the Microsoft Script Control and Windows Scripting Host are installed.

On the Macintosh, call file.newAlias.

Once this verb has been burnt-in, file.newAlias will call this verb on Windows, so file.newAlias will be cross-platform.

This verb is new in Frontier 6.0.

See Also winShell.createUrlShortcut

winShell.resolveShortcut

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