Reading Windows Shortcuts

We have to get the "target" string of symlinks. (Windows Shortcuts / .lnk Files)

Any ideas how this is done in VA Smalltalk? We use Windows 7 and VA Smalltalk 8.6.1. 

On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:34:48 AM UTC-8, Alex Greber wrote:

We have to get the "target" string of symlinks. (Windows Shortcuts / .lnk Files)

Any ideas how this is done in VA Smalltalk? We use Windows 7 and VA Smalltalk 8.6.1. 

The authoritative reference is at <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969393.aspx" target="_blank" onmousedown="this.href='http://www.google.com/url?q\75http%3A%2F%2Fmsdn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Flibrary%2Faa969393.aspx\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNHvuNKyt067CzPSZIVhLhrUCCaniw';return true;" onclick="this.href='http://www.google.com/url?q\75http%3A%2F%2Fmsdn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Flibrary%2Faa969393.aspx\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNHvuNKyt067CzPSZIVhLhrUCCaniw';return true;">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969393.aspx. Since it requires the use of .COM objects, you should probably refer to Marten Feldtman's work, as he seems to have done a lot of work with .COM stuff.

However, there may be a lighter weight alternative at <a href="https://tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=11" target="_blank" onmousedown="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Ftzworks.net%2Fprototype_page.php%3Fproto_id%3D11\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNE32q1NsLk6GdPnaa1uME50G9HlMg';return true;" onclick="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Ftzworks.net%2Fprototype_page.php%3Fproto_id%3D11\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNE32q1NsLk6GdPnaa1uME50G9HlMg';return true;">https://tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=11. It may be enough for your needs. Note carefully the statement "we ended up using empirical data to help understand some of the opaque data structure types allowing us to parse the SHLLINK format more fully."  Your mileage will vary, as they say.