BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Resolving a shortcut          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Native API) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message José Guest Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Resolving a shortcut I read a file with the LNK extension. How to find the file it refers to? -- José Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: Resolving a shortcut "José" <jose (AT) 127 (DOT) 0.0.1> wrote in message news:tk8h4252vqq8t5t08lkfpc9k20tb0gubom (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... Quote: I read a file with the LNK extension. How to find the file it refers to? Use the IShellLink interface to read/write .lnk files: Shell Links http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_int/shell_int_programming/shortcuts/shortcut.asp Gambit Back to top José Guest Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Resolving a shortcut On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:04:14 -0700, "Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <no.spam (AT) no (DOT) spam.com> wrote in borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi: Quote: I read a file with the LNK extension. How to find the file it refers to? Use the IShellLink interface to read/write .lnk files: Shell Links http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_int/shell_int_programming/shortcuts/shortcut.asp It's pretty complicated. I am surprised that there is no such thing as a simple function: String ResolveShortCut (String lnkfile); Besides, I may be a dunce, but the function ResolveIt on the website doesn't compile: (190): E2451 Undefined symbol 'IShellLink'. (198): E2268 Call to undefined function 'CoCreateInstance'. (198): E2451 Undefined symbol 'CLSID_ShellLink'. (199): E2451 Undefined symbol 'IID_IShellLink'. (202): E2451 Undefined symbol 'IPersistFile'. (205): E2451 Undefined symbol 'IID_IPersistFile'. (218): E2451 Undefined symbol 'STGM_READ'. (231): E2451 Undefined symbol 'SLGP_SHORTPATH'. (240): E2268 Call to undefined function 'StringCbCopy'. (248): E2268 Call to undefined function 'HandleErr'. -- José Back to top Hans Galema Guest Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:03 am    Post subject: Re: Resolving a shortcut José wrote: Quote: It's pretty complicated. I am surprised that there is no such thing as a simple function: String ResolveShortCut (String lnkfile); Then why not write your own ? If you open a .lnk file in notepad you can see that the requested path is behind 'Data '. Knowing that, you can extract it. Hans. Back to top José Guest Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Resolving a shortcut On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:19:31 +0200, Hans Galema <notused (AT) notused (DOT) nl> wrote in borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi: Quote: It's pretty complicated. I am surprised that there is no such thing as a simple function: String ResolveShortCut (String lnkfile); Then why not write your own ? If you open a .lnk file in notepad you can see that the requested path is behind 'Data '. Sure, I have already programmed lots of functions without knowing that they already existed. -- José Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Resolving a shortcut "José" <jose (AT) 127 (DOT) 0.0.1> wrote in message news:rtjk42t6426h38shott0522k1on8evq50r (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... Quote: It's pretty complicated. Welcome to Shell programming. Most things in the Windows Shell is exposed as COM interfaces. Quote: I am surprised that there is no such thing as a simple function: String ResolveShortCut (String lnkfile); The article I pointed you to has the code for such a function. Quote: Besides, I may be a dunce, but the function ResolveIt on the website doesn't compile: Works fine for me. You probably did not include shlobj.h into your code. Note that for shlobj.h, if you are using BCB 5 or higher, you need to add NO_WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN to the Conditionals list in the Project Options. Note also that StringCbCopy() is declared in strsafe.h, which is not shipped with BCB at all. So you will have to download the latest Borland Platform SDK from http://bccsdk.sourceforge.net in order to use it. 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