How to get rid of double commas when passing parameters with FileCreateShortcut?

[LittleBob]

Hi,

FileCreateShortcut ("C:templauncher-appl.exe parameter1", ...)

 

Because there is a space before "parameter1", it keeps the quotation marks as part of the string.

 

When I click in the shortcut, it reports an error because of the quotations marks. If I remove them by editing the shortcut, it launches without errors

 

 

How can I resolve the issue?

 

Thanks

Edited December 18, 2014 by LittleBob

[JLogan3o13]

Something like this?

FileCreateShortcut(StringReplace("C:\Temp\launcher-appl.exe parameter1", ",", ""), ...)

[LittleBob]

 

Something like this?

FileCreateShortcut(StringReplace("C:\Temp\launcher-appl.exe parameter1", ",", ""), ...)

Sorry, I express myself badly. I mean the quotation marks (").

[BrewManNH]

Please show us the exact function call you're using for FIleCreateShortcut.

[LittleBob]

FileCreateShortcut ("C:templauncher-appl.exe LibreOffice", @DesktopDir&"LibreOffice.lnk","T:appsDeskLibreOfficePortable","","",@ScriptDir&"LibreOfficelo.ico", "", "0")

 

What it creates as a target in shortcut properties : "C:templauncher-appl.exe LibreOffice"

What I need :                                                           C:templauncher-appl.exe LibreOffice

[JLogan3o13]

What do you get if you change "C:templauncher-appl.exe LibreOffice" to @TempDir & 'launcher-apple.exe LibreOffice'?

[LittleBob]

What do you get if you change "C:templauncher-appl.exe LibreOffice" to @TempDir & 'launcher-apple.exe LibreOffice'?

 

In the futur, I will use different target paths so I need a general fix and not just a fix for this issue. But thanks anyway.

There surely someone who had a similar issue. Extra parameters after a .exe is common.

[SmOke_N]

LibreOffice is a command line argument passed to launcher-appl.exe.

All arguments are to be put in parameter 4 of of that function.

The OS interprets the spaces as the path, and knows it has to wrap the spaces in quotes in order for it to be read as a whole string.

To make things simple, you could do this:

; For readablity
Global $gszTmpLauncher = FileGetShortName(@TempDir & "\launcher-appl.exe")
Global $gszShrtLocation = @DesktopDir & "\LibreOffice.lnk"
Global $gszWorkingDir = "T:\apps\Desk\LibreOfficePortable"
Global $gszArgument = "LibreOffice"
Global $gszIcon = @ScriptDir & "\LibreOffice\lo.ico"
FileCreateShortcut($gszTmpLauncher, $gszShrtLocation, $gszWorkingDir, $gszArgument, Default, $gszIcon, Default, 0)

Edit:

Mind you, you could wrap All the paths with FileGetShortName(), I was only providing an example of what you could do to avoid quotes all together per your request... but if you do it correctly like above, the quotes won't matter.

Edited December 18, 2014 by SmOke_N

[LittleBob]

Ok LOL...I feel stupid...

There is a target parameter ("args") directly within the autoit function:

FileCreateShortcut ( "file", "lnk" [, "workdir" [, "args" [, "desc" [, "icon" [, "hotkey" [, icon number [, state]]]]]]] )

[LittleBob]

 

LibreOffice is a command line argument passed to launcher-appl.exe.

All arguments are to be put in parameter 4 of of that function.

The OS interprets the spaces as the path, and knows it has to wrap the spaces in quotes in order for it to be read as a whole string.

To make things simple, you could do this:

; For readablity
Global $gszTmpLauncher = FileGetShortName(@TempDir & "\launcher-appl.exe")
Global $gszShrtLocation = @DesktopDir & "\LibreOffice.lnk"
Global $gszWorkingDir = "T:\apps\Desk\LibreOfficePortable"
Global $gszArgument = "LibreOffice"
Global $gszIcon = @ScriptDir & "\LibreOffice\lo.ico"
FileCreateShortcut($gszTmpLauncher, $gszShrtLocation, $gszWorkingDir, $gszArgument, Default, $gszIcon, Default, 0)

Thanks for the explanation!