FileCreateShortcut Creating Target Field With \ instead of / on a switch

[gruntydatsun]

OK.  This will take some explaining.  First of all I'm on Windows 7 64bit

I need to create a shortcut that is used to open access databases with security.   It references an MDE file.

So I create a shortcut with the target field:

<MSACCESS_PATH> <DATABASE_PATH> /SWITCH <SECURITY_FILE_PATH>

I have to have the switch where it is in the target field or the shortcut doesn't work properly.   If I use the "args" parameter in FileCreateShortcut to add the switch it adds the switch at the end of the string (which doesn't work).   

I can get it to insert the switch properly if I add the whole shortcut path to the "file" parameter of FileCreateShortcut.   The only problem is that it reverses the forward slash / to a backslash which makes the switch invalid.

 

[computergroove]

Have you just tried putting the args in the path and vice versa and see if it works?

Make the working dir the args and the security path. I would do exactly this and then try a msgbox to make sure the output looked OK.

Edited July 30, 2014 by computergroove