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Knowbodynow
PostPosted: March 17th, 2009, 1:03 am 
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Hello, is there anyway to automate creating a shortcut for a selected file and sending the shortcut to the desktop? I've been looking at FileCreateShortcut but need to figure out a way to grab the information about which file is selected to use as the target parameter.

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CaH


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PostPosted: March 17th, 2009, 1:50 am 
sending "Ctrl+C" will copy the file to the clipboard,
the built in var clipboard will contain the full-path of this file then.


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Z_Gecko wrote:
sending "Ctrl+C" will copy the file to the clipboard,
the built in var clipboard will contain the full-path of this file then.

Thanks, copying the file to get the file name seems to be a last resort. Suppose I wanted to make a short cut for a disc image file. I'd end up copying gigabytes to get a name. I found a partial solution by resorting to send keys:
Code:
;click right
send nn
send {right}
send {down 4}
send {enter}

This will create a shortcut from windows explorer but when I try to run it using a file on the desktop it seems to crash. Could that be because I'm using a limited account rather than an admin account? But if I do the same actions without autohotkey I can get a shortcut. Can anyone think of anything else to try?

Thanks,

CaH


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PostPosted: March 18th, 2009, 9:28 pm 
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FYI, when you copy a file, you don't copy the file contents to memory - it only copies the name. So, you won't copy gigabytes to get a name. Another way uses ControlGet with suboption Focus or Selected (not sure which, seen it done, but never have used it myself.

To make a shortcut, check out FileCreateShortcut.

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animeaime wrote:
FYI, when you copy a file, you don't copy the file contents to memory - it only copies the name. So, you won't copy gigabytes to get a name.

Thanks, so do you mean if I avoid using ctr+v and clear the contents of the clipboard after the operation there should be no problem?

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Knowbodynow wrote:
Thanks, so do you mean if I avoid using ctr+v and clear the contents of the clipboard after the operation there should be no problem?

Correct, or, better yet, you can restore the previous contents - so it doesn't interfer with what's already there. The function below just merges the examples from Clipboard and ClipboardAll. I tested it by coping some data in paint, then using the hotkey; it restored the previous data with no problems. Thanks for this idea - I have a new function to add to my library :D.

Code:
#F9::
{
    UseClipboard(MyVar)

    MsgBox, % "You just copied: " . MyVar
    return
}

UseClipboard(ByRef OutputVar)
{
    ; Save the entire clipboard to a variable of your choice.
    ClipSaved := ClipboardAll

    ; Start off empty to allow ClipWait to detect when the text has arrived.
    Clipboard =
   
    Send, ^c
   
    ; Wait for the clipboard to contain text.
    Clipwait
   
    ; Saves Clipboard contents (to be returned ByRef)
    OutputVar := Clipboard
   
    ; Restore the original clipboard. Note the use of Clipboard (not ClipboardAll).
    Clipboard := ClipSaved
}

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PostPosted: March 21st, 2009, 4:54 am 
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Great! I was able to use your idea to automatically create shortcuts on the all users desktop by adding two lines after the OutputVar line:

Code:
    ; Saves Clipboard contents (to be returned ByRef)
    OutputVar := Clipboard
    FileCreateShortcut, %Clipboard%, %Clipboard%.lnk,
    FileMove, %Clipboard%.lnk, %A_DesktopCommon%

Thanks very much,

CaH


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Just to let you know, the clipboard contents are returned via the ByRef value - so you don't need to change the function to use what's on the clipboard.

Code:
UseClipboard(FileName)
FileCreateShortcut, %FileName%, %FileName%.lnk,
FileMove, %FileName%.lnk, %A_DesktopCommon%


This allows using the same function for all your clipboard needs.

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