Pass a variable

[paul1149 0]

Hi,

I'd like to create a shell context menu command to create a desktop shortcut to a selected file. Here's what I have for an au3 script:

$target = "C:\users\paul\desktop\" & %1

FileCreateShortcut($target, %1)

And here's the command in the Registry:

"C:\utilities\AutoIt3\AutoIt3_x64.exe c:\systools\test.au3" %1

Win7 asks me what program I want to use to start the Selected file. Does anyone have a way to do this, or a better way to achieve what I want?

Thanks

p.

[wakillon 397]

Compile it and add this command in the Registry

"c:\systools\test.exe" "%1"

[paul1149 0]

Thanks for your reply. That sounds like a good plan, but the problem of passing the name of the target file to the script remains. And indeed, the script will not parse as-is.

p.

[hannes08 35]

Hi paul1149,

$i_pos = StringInStr(StringReplace($CmdLineRaw, '"', ""), "\",0,-1)
$file = StringMid(StringReplace($CmdLineRaw, '"', ""), $i_pos + 1)
$rc = FileCreateShortcut(StringReplace($CmdLineRaw, '"', ""), @DesktopDir & "\" & StringTrimRight($file,3) & "lnk")

First two lines are used to find only the filename from the full path.

With "%1" as parameter it seems I have a quote at the beginning of the string but not at the end. Maybe I#m doing it wrong or there's a better way to do it at all.

Alternatively to $CmdLineRaw you could use $CmdLine[1] or $CmdLine[$cmdLine[0]].

[paul1149 0]

Hi Hannes,

Thanks for that. I understand the string manipulation intuitively, but unfortunately, I'm not following the rest - specifically, how to get the file name into the $CmdLineRaw variable.

p.

[hannes08 35]

Hi Hannes,

Thanks for that. I understand the string manipulation intuitively, but unfortunately, I'm not following the rest - specifically, how to get the file name into the $CmdLineRaw variable.

p.

Hi Paul,

The $CmdLineRaw and $CmdLine[x] variables / Constants are filled automatically when your script is started. You can look the helpfile under "Running Scripts" for further information.

[paul1149 0]

Hannes,

I compiled it, and it is working perfectly via the Explorer context menu. Much thanks for your kind help, this should be a big help in file management around here, and I hope I can learn from it as well!

Be blessed,

p.