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acedCreateShortcut

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ACAD_PORT Adesk::Boolean acedCreateShortcut(
    void* pvHwndParent, 
    const ACHAR* szLinkPath, 
    const ACHAR* szObjectPath, 
    const ACHAR* szDesc
);

File

acedinet.h

Description

This function creates a Windows shell link (in other words, a shortcut) as specified in the parameter szLinkPath.

Returns Adesk::kTrue on success; Adesk::kFalse on failure.

Parameters

Parameters Description
pvHwndParent Input pointer to a window handle (of type HWND) that will be used as the parent window in case we need to display a message box or an animation dialog; this value should not be NULL
szLinkPath Input full path to the .lnk file that will be created as the Windows-style shortcut; note that the ".lnk" extension is required
szObjectPath Input full path to the filesystem object that the shortcut will point to
szDesc Input descriptive string for the shortcut; can have any arbitrary value except NULL

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