matt_white
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Finding the target of a .lnk file
How can I find the file that a .lnk file points to?
Personnally, I would open the lnk and read it for the file name. I have looked at several by opening them in notepad and they all seem to have a similar format though I've never tried to decipher it.
ASKER
There has got to be some API to do this. I'm just not sure which.
matt...try this:
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'where fname is the name of the .lnk file
If Right(fname, 4) = ".lnk" Then
Dim str1 As String
Dim str2 As String
Open fname For Binary As #1
Do While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, str1
If Right(str1, 4) = ".exe" Then
str2 = Left(str1, 3)
str2 = Right(str2, 2)
If str2 = ":\" Then
If FileExist(str1) = True Then
'do something with it
Close #1
Exit Sub
Else
MsgBox "Didnt Find The Executable"
Close #1
Exit Sub
End If
Else
Loop
End If
End If
Close #1
MsgBox "Didnt Find .exe In The .lnk File"
End Sub
Public Function FileExist(ByVal sIn As String, Optional flags As Long = 0) As Boolean
'Name: A Better FileExist
'
'VB Dir Constants and actual values to use as flags:
' vbNormal = 0 (default, a normal file)
' vbHidden = 2 (hidden attibute set)
' vbSystem = 4 (system file)
' vbVolume = 8 (volume lable, if used all other atrributes are ignored)
' vbDirectory = 16 (checks for dir or folder name)
'
' all but the vbVolume dir constants
' can be combined in the function call such as to check for a hidden system file
' or any file/folder no matter the attributes
On Error GoTo err_handler
'This part is a safety net, it should be
'done by the calling procedure but just in case...
sIn = Trim$(sIn)
If Len(sIn) = 0 Then
FileExist = False
Exit Function
End If
If flags = 0 Then
FileExist = Dir$(sIn) <> ""
Else
FileExist = Dir$(sIn, flags) <> ""
End If
Exit Function
err_handler:
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Err.Clear
FileExist = False
End If
End Function
hope this helps
magoo
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'where fname is the name of the .lnk file
If Right(fname, 4) = ".lnk" Then
Dim str1 As String
Dim str2 As String
Open fname For Binary As #1
Do While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, str1
If Right(str1, 4) = ".exe" Then
str2 = Left(str1, 3)
str2 = Right(str2, 2)
If str2 = ":\" Then
If FileExist(str1) = True Then
'do something with it
Close #1
Exit Sub
Else
MsgBox "Didnt Find The Executable"
Close #1
Exit Sub
End If
Else
Loop
End If
End If
Close #1
MsgBox "Didnt Find .exe In The .lnk File"
End Sub
Public Function FileExist(ByVal sIn As String, Optional flags As Long = 0) As Boolean
'Name: A Better FileExist
'
'VB Dir Constants and actual values to use as flags:
' vbNormal = 0 (default, a normal file)
' vbHidden = 2 (hidden attibute set)
' vbSystem = 4 (system file)
' vbVolume = 8 (volume lable, if used all other atrributes are ignored)
' vbDirectory = 16 (checks for dir or folder name)
'
' all but the vbVolume dir constants
' can be combined in the function call such as to check for a hidden system file
' or any file/folder no matter the attributes
On Error GoTo err_handler
'This part is a safety net, it should be
'done by the calling procedure but just in case...
sIn = Trim$(sIn)
If Len(sIn) = 0 Then
FileExist = False
Exit Function
End If
If flags = 0 Then
FileExist = Dir$(sIn) <> ""
Else
FileExist = Dir$(sIn, flags) <> ""
End If
Exit Function
err_handler:
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Err.Clear
FileExist = False
End If
End Function
hope this helps
magoo
matt...i gave you a bad answer , my apologies. The above will not work...instead try this:
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'where fname is the name of the .lnk file
Dim fname As String
Dim str1 As String
Dim str2 As String
If Right(fname, 4) = ".lnk" Then
Open fname For Binary As #1
On Error GoTo errhandler:
Do While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, str1
If Len(str1) > 7 Then
If Mid$(str1, 2, 2) = ":\" And _
LCase$(Right$(Trim$(str1),
MsgBox str1 & " Was Found"
'do something with it here
Close #1
Exit Sub
End If
End If
Loop
End If
Close #1
MsgBox "Didnt Find .exe In The .lnk File"
Exit Sub
errhandler:
Close #1
MsgBox Err & " " & Error
Exit Sub
End Sub
sorry for the inconvienence.
magoo
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'where fname is the name of the .lnk file
Dim fname As String
Dim str1 As String
Dim str2 As String
If Right(fname, 4) = ".lnk" Then
Open fname For Binary As #1
On Error GoTo errhandler:
Do While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, str1
If Len(str1) > 7 Then
If Mid$(str1, 2, 2) = ":\" And _
LCase$(Right$(Trim$(str1),
MsgBox str1 & " Was Found"
'do something with it here
Close #1
Exit Sub
End If
End If
Loop
End If
Close #1
MsgBox "Didnt Find .exe In The .lnk File"
Exit Sub
errhandler:
Close #1
MsgBox Err & " " & Error
Exit Sub
End Sub
sorry for the inconvienence.
magoo
Tried it, works great for an .exe file, what about others? I know, just change the extension that you look for, what if you don't want to watch for all the extensions? What about files that don't have an extension? Folders?
Alright, I got it. Tried it with shortcuts to exe's, txt's and a folder.
Too many times have I posted a working answer as a comment because someone else had the question locked and the one with the locked question got the points, so I must ask that you release the question so I can post as an answer.
Too many times have I posted a working answer as a comment because someone else had the question locked and the one with the locked question got the points, so I must ask that you release the question so I can post as an answer.
matt...If the comment answer doesnt do what you were looking for, then please do release the question so kdivad can post his answer. Thanks.
magoo
magoo
ASKER
Fire away kdivad!
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KDivad, this line returns a zero:
X = InStr(1, FT, S)
Is there something wrong with 'S'? Is your solution Win 95/98 compatible?
X = InStr(1, FT, S)
Is there something wrong with 'S'? Is your solution Win 95/98 compatible?
Returns a zero?!?! I wrote that on Win95. If you will send me an .lnk you are having trouble with, I'll look at it and try to get my code working for it or see why it doesn't work.
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kdivad...if you get the procedure to work , i would like to see the results please , because i dont don't want to watch for all the extensions and files that don't have an extension and Folders. thanks
magoo
magoo
I am trying to get some lnk files from Win98. While the procedure works flawlessly for every lnk file I've tried that was written in Win95, Win98 apears to use a slightly different format. There are two entries in the file that could be the destination file, but I need more lnk's to compare before I can determine which one is which and write the code accordingly. Someone emailed me an lnk (I forget who) and I responded asking for another one so that I could compare but I have yet to recieve a response. If anyone will send me one or two, I should be able to figure it out about 2 or 3 minutes after I recieve them.
Got it.
Finds (correctly, of course) the file or folder that the lnk points to. Tried it on a lnk to two dif. files and a folder and one lnk from Win98.
Give me just a moment to touch up the code and I'll post.
Finds (correctly, of course) the file or folder that the lnk points to. Tried it on a lnk to two dif. files and a folder and one lnk from Win98.
Give me just a moment to touch up the code and I'll post.
Here it is. With a bonus! It retrieves the long and the short path/file name from the lnk.
Don't know if "S" needs to be so long, but I have yet to have it tricked in any of the lnk's I've tried and I didn't want to shorten it because a shorter series may show up sooner than the real one.
Still trying to get the command line parameters that are contained in some lnk's.
S = Chr$(105) & Chr$(16) & Chr$(162) & Chr$(216) & Chr$(8) & Chr$(0) & Chr$(43) & Chr$(48) & Chr$(48) & Chr$(157) & Chr$(25) & Chr$(0) & Chr$(35)
X = InStr(1, FT, S) + 13
Y = InStr(X, FT, Chr$(0))
'This first section is the drive which is seperated slightly
'different from the others.
ShortPath = ShortPath & Mid$(FT, X, Y - X)
LongPath = LongPath & Mid$(FT, X, Y - X)
X = Y + 33
NextStop:
Y = InStr(X, FT, Chr$(0))
X2 = Y
Y2 = InStr(X2 + 1, FT, Chr$(0))
LongPath = X1.TerminateWithSlash(Long
'If the long path is already 8.3 compatible, Windows doesn't
'add a second entry for the 8.3 name, so we need to check if it's skipped
If Y2 = X2 + 1 Then
ShortPath = X1.TerminateWithSlash(Shor
Else
ShortPath = X1.TerminateWithSlash(Shor
End If
'If the short name is followed by three Chr$(0), then there
'are no more additions to be searched for.
If Mid$(FT, Y2, 3) = Chr$(0) & Chr$(0) & Chr$(0) Then
MsgBox "Short (8.3) path name: " & ShortPath & Chr$(10) & Chr$(10) & "Long path name: " & LongPath
Else
'Otherwise, we need to step to the next section
X = Y2 + 15
GoTo NextStop
End If
Don't know if "S" needs to be so long, but I have yet to have it tricked in any of the lnk's I've tried and I didn't want to shorten it because a shorter series may show up sooner than the real one.
Still trying to get the command line parameters that are contained in some lnk's.
S = Chr$(105) & Chr$(16) & Chr$(162) & Chr$(216) & Chr$(8) & Chr$(0) & Chr$(43) & Chr$(48) & Chr$(48) & Chr$(157) & Chr$(25) & Chr$(0) & Chr$(35)
X = InStr(1, FT, S) + 13
Y = InStr(X, FT, Chr$(0))
'This first section is the drive which is seperated slightly
'different from the others.
ShortPath = ShortPath & Mid$(FT, X, Y - X)
LongPath = LongPath & Mid$(FT, X, Y - X)
X = Y + 33
NextStop:
Y = InStr(X, FT, Chr$(0))
X2 = Y
Y2 = InStr(X2 + 1, FT, Chr$(0))
LongPath = X1.TerminateWithSlash(Long
'If the long path is already 8.3 compatible, Windows doesn't
'add a second entry for the 8.3 name, so we need to check if it's skipped
If Y2 = X2 + 1 Then
ShortPath = X1.TerminateWithSlash(Shor
Else
ShortPath = X1.TerminateWithSlash(Shor
End If
'If the short name is followed by three Chr$(0), then there
'are no more additions to be searched for.
If Mid$(FT, Y2, 3) = Chr$(0) & Chr$(0) & Chr$(0) Then
MsgBox "Short (8.3) path name: " & ShortPath & Chr$(10) & Chr$(10) & "Long path name: " & LongPath
Else
'Otherwise, we need to step to the next section
X = Y2 + 15
GoTo NextStop
End If
Oops. Little note here: X is an ocx I wrote, TerminateWithSlash is just a function that adds a slash to the end if there isn't one already. Just replace with something like:
If Right$(LongPath, 1) = "\" Then
LongPath = LongPath & blah, blah, blah
Else
LongPath = LongPath & "\" & blah, blah, blah
End If
Hope this works now.
If Right$(LongPath, 1) = "\" Then
LongPath = LongPath & blah, blah, blah
Else
LongPath = LongPath & "\" & blah, blah, blah
End If
Hope this works now.
ASKER
Perfect! It works great.
Glad it worked!
Later,
Later,
In case any of you are interrested, this will return all of the information about a link.
Add the following to a MODULE:
'-------------------------
Type LnkHeader
SOH As Long
GUID As String * 16
Flags As Long
Attributes As Long
CreatedTime As Double
ModifiedTime As Double
LastAccessed As Double
Length As Long
Icon As Long
ShowWindow As Long
HotKey As Long
Resvd1 As Long
Resvd2 As Long
ShellIDLen As Integer
End Type
Type LnkFLocInfo
Length As Long
Offset As Long
Flags As Long
LocVolInfoOffset As Long
BasePathOffset As Long
NetVolInfoOffset As Long
NetRemainingPathOffset As Long
End Type
Type LnkLocVolTable
Length As Long
VolType As Long
SerialNumber As Long
VolNameOffset As Long
End Type
Type LnkNetVolTable
Length As Long
Resvd1 As Long
ShareNameOffset As Long
Resvd2 As Long
Resvd3 As Long
End Type
Type LnkFileEntry
Size As Integer
Path As String * 256
End Type
Type LinkInfo
VolumeLabel As String
NetShareName As String
BasePath As String
RemainingPath As String
LastModified As String
Description As String
RelativePath As String
WorkingDirectory As String
CommandLine As String
IconFile As String
End Type
Function BitValue(BitNumber As Integer, Value As Variant) As Boolean
Dim lBits As String
If UCase$(Left$(CStr(Value), 2)) = "&B" Then
lBits = Right$(String(128, "0") + Mid$(Value, 3), 128)
Else
lBits = cvtBin(Value, 128)
End If
If Left$(Right$(lBits, BitNumber + 1), 1) = "1" Then BitValue = True
End Function
Function cvtBin(Value As Variant, Length As Integer) As String
Dim BinString As String
Dim lHex As String
Dim iVal As Integer
lHex = UCase$(Hex$(Val(Value)))
BinString = String(Length, "0")
For iVal = 1 To Len(lHex)
Select Case Mid$(lHex, iVal, 1)
Case "0": BinString = BinString + "0000"
Case "1": BinString = BinString + "0001"
Case "2": BinString = BinString + "0010"
Case "3": BinString = BinString + "0011"
Case "4": BinString = BinString + "0100"
Case "5": BinString = BinString + "0101"
Case "6": BinString = BinString + "0110"
Case "7": BinString = BinString + "0111"
Case "8": BinString = BinString + "1000"
Case "9": BinString = BinString + "1001"
Case "A": BinString = BinString + "1010"
Case "B": BinString = BinString + "1011"
Case "C": BinString = BinString + "1100"
Case "D": BinString = BinString + "1101"
Case "E": BinString = BinString + "1110"
Case "F": BinString = BinString + "1111"
End Select
Next iVal
cvtBin = Right$(BinString, Length)
End Function
Function GetLinkInfo(LinkPath As String) As LinkInfo
Dim LinkHeader As LnkHeader
Dim FileLocBlock As LnkFLocInfo
Dim LocVolTable As LnkLocVolTable
Dim NetVolTable As LnkNetVolTable
Dim LinkInfo As LinkInfo
Dim fInfo As LnkFileEntry
Dim lIndex As Long
Dim fNum As Long
Dim fLen As Long
Dim iVal As Long
Dim lBuf As String
Dim lPath As String * 256
On Error Resume Next
fNum = FreeFile
Err = 0
Open LinkPath For Binary Access Read As fNum
If Not Err = 0 Then Exit Function
LinkInfo.LastModified = FileDateTime(LinkPath)
fLen = LOF(fNum)
Get #fNum, 1, LinkHeader
Get #fNum, LinkHeader.ShellIDLen + 79, FileLocBlock
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.LocVolInfoOff
Get #fNum, LocVolTable.VolNameOffset + FileLocBlock.LocVolInfoOff
+ LinkHeader.ShellIDLen + 80, lPath
LinkInfo.VolumeLabel = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.NetVolInfoOff
Get #fNum, NetVolTable.ShareNameOffse
+ LinkHeader.ShellIDLen + 79, lPath
LinkInfo.NetShareName = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.BasePathOffse
LinkInfo.BasePath = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.NetRemainingP
LinkInfo.RemainingPath = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
lIndex = Len(LinkInfo.RemainingPath
+ FileLocBlock.NetVolInfoOff
If BitValue(2, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.Description = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(3, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.RelativePath = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(4, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.WorkingDirectory = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(5, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.CommandLine = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(6, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.IconFile = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
Close #fNum
GetLinkInfo = LinkInfo
End Function
'-------------------------
Then you can do something like this to get information about a link:
'-------------------------
With GetLinkInfo("c:\windows\de
Debug.Print "VolumeLabel="; .VolumeLabel
Debug.Print "NetShareName="; .NetShareName
Debug.Print "BasePath="; .BasePath
Debug.Print "RemainingPath="; .RemainingPath
Debug.Print "LastModified="; .LastModified
Debug.Print "Description="; .Description
Debug.Print "RelativePath="; .RelativePath
Debug.Print "WorkingDirectory="; .WorkingDirectory
Debug.Print "CommandLine="; .CommandLine
Debug.Print "IconFile="; .IconFile
End With
'-------------------------
Cheers!.)
Add the following to a MODULE:
'-------------------------
Type LnkHeader
SOH As Long
GUID As String * 16
Flags As Long
Attributes As Long
CreatedTime As Double
ModifiedTime As Double
LastAccessed As Double
Length As Long
Icon As Long
ShowWindow As Long
HotKey As Long
Resvd1 As Long
Resvd2 As Long
ShellIDLen As Integer
End Type
Type LnkFLocInfo
Length As Long
Offset As Long
Flags As Long
LocVolInfoOffset As Long
BasePathOffset As Long
NetVolInfoOffset As Long
NetRemainingPathOffset As Long
End Type
Type LnkLocVolTable
Length As Long
VolType As Long
SerialNumber As Long
VolNameOffset As Long
End Type
Type LnkNetVolTable
Length As Long
Resvd1 As Long
ShareNameOffset As Long
Resvd2 As Long
Resvd3 As Long
End Type
Type LnkFileEntry
Size As Integer
Path As String * 256
End Type
Type LinkInfo
VolumeLabel As String
NetShareName As String
BasePath As String
RemainingPath As String
LastModified As String
Description As String
RelativePath As String
WorkingDirectory As String
CommandLine As String
IconFile As String
End Type
Function BitValue(BitNumber As Integer, Value As Variant) As Boolean
Dim lBits As String
If UCase$(Left$(CStr(Value), 2)) = "&B" Then
lBits = Right$(String(128, "0") + Mid$(Value, 3), 128)
Else
lBits = cvtBin(Value, 128)
End If
If Left$(Right$(lBits, BitNumber + 1), 1) = "1" Then BitValue = True
End Function
Function cvtBin(Value As Variant, Length As Integer) As String
Dim BinString As String
Dim lHex As String
Dim iVal As Integer
lHex = UCase$(Hex$(Val(Value)))
BinString = String(Length, "0")
For iVal = 1 To Len(lHex)
Select Case Mid$(lHex, iVal, 1)
Case "0": BinString = BinString + "0000"
Case "1": BinString = BinString + "0001"
Case "2": BinString = BinString + "0010"
Case "3": BinString = BinString + "0011"
Case "4": BinString = BinString + "0100"
Case "5": BinString = BinString + "0101"
Case "6": BinString = BinString + "0110"
Case "7": BinString = BinString + "0111"
Case "8": BinString = BinString + "1000"
Case "9": BinString = BinString + "1001"
Case "A": BinString = BinString + "1010"
Case "B": BinString = BinString + "1011"
Case "C": BinString = BinString + "1100"
Case "D": BinString = BinString + "1101"
Case "E": BinString = BinString + "1110"
Case "F": BinString = BinString + "1111"
End Select
Next iVal
cvtBin = Right$(BinString, Length)
End Function
Function GetLinkInfo(LinkPath As String) As LinkInfo
Dim LinkHeader As LnkHeader
Dim FileLocBlock As LnkFLocInfo
Dim LocVolTable As LnkLocVolTable
Dim NetVolTable As LnkNetVolTable
Dim LinkInfo As LinkInfo
Dim fInfo As LnkFileEntry
Dim lIndex As Long
Dim fNum As Long
Dim fLen As Long
Dim iVal As Long
Dim lBuf As String
Dim lPath As String * 256
On Error Resume Next
fNum = FreeFile
Err = 0
Open LinkPath For Binary Access Read As fNum
If Not Err = 0 Then Exit Function
LinkInfo.LastModified = FileDateTime(LinkPath)
fLen = LOF(fNum)
Get #fNum, 1, LinkHeader
Get #fNum, LinkHeader.ShellIDLen + 79, FileLocBlock
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.LocVolInfoOff
Get #fNum, LocVolTable.VolNameOffset + FileLocBlock.LocVolInfoOff
+ LinkHeader.ShellIDLen + 80, lPath
LinkInfo.VolumeLabel = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.NetVolInfoOff
Get #fNum, NetVolTable.ShareNameOffse
+ LinkHeader.ShellIDLen + 79, lPath
LinkInfo.NetShareName = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.BasePathOffse
LinkInfo.BasePath = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
Get #fNum, FileLocBlock.NetRemainingP
LinkInfo.RemainingPath = Left$(lPath, InStr(1, lPath, Chr$(0)) - 1)
lIndex = Len(LinkInfo.RemainingPath
+ FileLocBlock.NetVolInfoOff
If BitValue(2, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.Description = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(3, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.RelativePath = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(4, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.WorkingDirectory = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(5, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.CommandLine = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
If BitValue(6, LinkHeader.Flags) = True Then
Get #fNum, lIndex, fInfo
LinkInfo.IconFile = Left$(fInfo.Path, fInfo.Size)
lIndex = lIndex + fInfo.Size + 2
End If
Close #fNum
GetLinkInfo = LinkInfo
End Function
'-------------------------
Then you can do something like this to get information about a link:
'-------------------------
With GetLinkInfo("c:\windows\de
Debug.Print "VolumeLabel="; .VolumeLabel
Debug.Print "NetShareName="; .NetShareName
Debug.Print "BasePath="; .BasePath
Debug.Print "RemainingPath="; .RemainingPath
Debug.Print "LastModified="; .LastModified
Debug.Print "Description="; .Description
Debug.Print "RelativePath="; .RelativePath
Debug.Print "WorkingDirectory="; .WorkingDirectory
Debug.Print "CommandLine="; .CommandLine
Debug.Print "IconFile="; .IconFile
End With
'-------------------------
Cheers!.)
VERY interested, actually. I've been trying to figure all that info out for a while now. Thanks!
There is also an approach using WSH, but I'm not recommending WSH to anyone after the ILU Virus... This is completely self-contained inside your VB app...
Glad you liked it KDivad... Enough to throw some points my way?? ;-)
Cheers!®©
Glad you liked it KDivad... Enough to throw some points my way?? ;-)
Cheers!®©
I had been working with a doc on the format of a lnk file, but couldn't quite get it all figured out. Thanks to your code, I understand it now.
I have a guess about your code: A. You copy/pasted from somewhere else, or B. This is code you wrote a LONG time ago. Am I right? I make this guess because the code's not quite correct. It has a couple of "+ 80"'s that should be "+ 79"'s. It returns my HD's label incorrectly unless changed.
I have a guess about your code: A. You copy/pasted from somewhere else, or B. This is code you wrote a LONG time ago. Am I right? I make this guess because the code's not quite correct. It has a couple of "+ 80"'s that should be "+ 79"'s. It returns my HD's label incorrectly unless changed.
KDivad, Actually, it's fairly new... I wrote it from the specs at http://wotsit.org/
This place has file specs for alot of file formats. Curious... what OS are you using? I wrote it on win95...
Cheers!®©
This place has file specs for alot of file formats. Curious... what OS are you using? I wrote it on win95...
Cheers!®©
(maybe I can get this post to work... GRRRR...)
I think we probably used the same specs. I just have a bit of trouble following someone else's ideas. I am using Win98, but that shouldn't make a difference (Win95 vs. Win98 as pertaining to .lnk's), should it?
I think we probably used the same specs. I just have a bit of trouble following someone else's ideas. I am using Win98, but that shouldn't make a difference (Win95 vs. Win98 as pertaining to .lnk's), should it?
Well I should hope not, but you never know with microsoft... for example from Win95 to Win98 they *completely* removed the API calls to get the available GDI memory...
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