Re: lingo-l shortcut on desktop
At 12:24 17/08/2001, Mark wrote: Hello All, Without having to write a text file to the target machine is there a way from a button in director to put a web page shortcut on a persons desktop(pc and mac)? I can't speak for the Mac, but web page shortcuts on Windows ARE just plain text files with the .url extension. For instance, use Notepad or an equivalent text editor and save the following as test.url [InternetShortcut] URL=http://www.macromedia.com And as others have already mentioned, you'll need an Xtra to save anything to the user's desktop. If for no other reason than to discover where the deskTop folder is on any given system. You'll need an Xtra to write the file, too, whether it's an alias, text file, or any other type of information. -- Mark A. Boyd Keep-On-Learnin' :) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l shortcut on desktop
I can't speak for the Mac, but web page shortcuts on Windows ARE just plain text files with the .url extension. For instance, use Notepad or an equivalent text editor and save the following as test.url oops, right. sorry. I was looking at regular shortcuts, which are binary. wry grin Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alatcambersoftdotcom http://www.cambersoft.com Shockwave and Director development, Lingo programming, CGI scripting. A famous linguist once said: There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l shortcut on desktop
Not sure what you mean about not writing a file to the target machine, as creating a shortcut IS a filebut you could look to budapi. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l shortcut on desktop
Not sure what you mean about not writing a file to the target machine, as creating a shortcut IS a filebut you could look to budapi. 1 - FWIW - shortcuts alisaes are NOT text files. 2 - you can't do it without writing a file to the user's computer, with or without an Xtra. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alatcambersoftdotcom http://www.cambersoft.com Shockwave and Director development, Lingo programming, CGI scripting. A famous linguist once said: There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
