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Tricky(Posted 2006) [#1]
I've been looking this up via Google, but all I get are complete VB scripts and since I suck in converting VB into BMax, I'll ask it here.

I was worried about the new policy in Vista that only allows files to be written and modified in the My Documents folder. Thanks to somebody who coded "Special Folder" I could get a lot of my problems gone, except for one.

My upcoming project is a bit complex, so regular install creators won't cover installing the project the way it should be installed. So therefore I'm looking to create my own install script for Windows.

All I need to know for that is a way to create a link file in BMax. If nothing comes up I could always use a Batch file, but a .lnk file has my personal prefference. Ideas anyone?


matthews_30(Posted 2006) [#2]
i have a similar problem and i have to use vbscript, even when i never used before it was very easy, take a look at this link:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Visual_Basic/Q_22094418.html

matt.


Tricky(Posted 2006) [#3]
Thanks a lot.


I've found myself this link:
http://www.i2s-lab.com/Papers/The_Windows_Shortcut_File_Format.pdf

This PDF file contains information on how a link file is constructed. I did not have the time yet to figure out if that file is accurate, but perhaps it will help me, or other who are dealing with the same problem.