Desktop shotcut

[asm338s]

I created a desktop shotcut by placing the following code in my .exe :
oWsh = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.shell&quot
cDeskPath = oWsh.SpecialFolders("desktop&quot
oShort = oWsh.CreateShortcut(cDeskpath+"\PCPrint Plus.LNK&quot
oShort.TargetPath = "c:\Ianera\ianera.EXE"
oShort.Save

It places the shortcut, but when I run my app using the shorcut it puts foxuser.dbf and foxuser.fpt on my desktop too. ????? How can I get rid of them still have the shorcut.

 

[rgbean]

One way to address this is to include a CONFIG.FPW in the EXE's Folder - c:\Ianera\ in this case. The CONFIG.FPW file should either have:
RESOURCE=OFF
if you don't really need the resource (FOXUSER) file, OR
RESOURCE=c:\Ianera\FOXUSER.DBF
if you want to place it in the EXE's directory.

Rick

 

[chpicker]

I have 2 solutions for you.

1) If your app doesn't require the FOXUSER table, then create a text file called CONFIG.FPW in your project and include the line "resource = off" in it.

2) If you DO need them, then there is probably a property of oShort for the starting directory (the box labeled "Start in" when you view a shortcut) that you should set to the full path of your app.

Good luck!

 

[chpicker]

I found the property you need in the MSDN library. Try adding this before the SAVE line:

oShort.WorkingDirectory="c:\Ianera\"

 

[asm338s]

Thanks for looking that up. It worked by just setting the resource off.