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MBS Plugin Documentation

This is the documentation for the Realbasic Plugins from Monkeybreadsoftware.de. You find these plugins and the newest version of this document at http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic inside the plugins section.

This help was last updated on Freitag, 6. September 2002 and covers 2136 items: 126 classes, 2 controls and 583 global functions.

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class WindowsShortCut

class, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: Does nothing. Mac OS Carbon: Does nothing. Windows: Works.
Function: A class to create shortcuts on Windows.
Example:
#if targetwin32
dim w as WindowsShortCut

w=new WindowsShortCut

w.Arguments=""
w.Command=3
w.Icon=windowsSystemFolder.child("shell32.dll")
w.iconID=41
w.Location=desktopfolder.child("A new link to explorer.lnk")
w.Target=windowsfolder.child("explorer.exe")
w.Working=volume(0)

if w.CreateShortCut then
if w.AddShortCutIcon then
msgBox "Shortcut created."
else
msgBox "Failed to add icon."
end if
else
msgBox "Failed to create shortcut."
end if
#endif

AddShortCutIcon as boolean

method, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> false. Mac OS Carbon: -> false. Windows: Works.
Function: Adds an icon to the shortcut on the specified location.

Arguments as string

property, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> "". Mac OS Carbon: -> "". Windows: Works.
Function: Arguments to the application which is linked to the shortcut.

Command as integer

property, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> nil. Mac OS Carbon: -> nil. Windows: Works.
Function: The code for the showing of the application.
Notes: Use e.g. 3 for full screen.

CreateShortCut as boolean

method, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> false. Mac OS Carbon: -> false. Windows: Works.
Function: Creates a shortcut on the specified location.

Icon as folderitem

property, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> nil. Mac OS Carbon: -> nil. Windows: Works.
Function: The location of the icon file.

IconID as integer

property, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> 0. Mac OS Carbon: -> 0. Windows: Works.
Function: The ID of the icon inside the icon file.

Location as Folderitem

property, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> nil. Mac OS Carbon: -> nil. Windows: Works.
Function: The location where the shortcut is created or modified.

target as folderitem

property, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> nil. Mac OS Carbon: -> nil. Windows: Works.
Function: The target where the shortcut will point to.

Working as folderitem

property, Windows Shortcuts Do, 29. Aug 2002
Mac OS Classic: -> nil. Mac OS Carbon: -> nil. Windows: Works.
Function: The working directory of this shortcut.

Contact

Written 2002 by Christian Schmitz. Feel free to ask or report mistakes to realbasic@macsw.de.
Thanks.

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