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Get the Target of a Windows Shortcut

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Demonstrates how to get the target of a Windows shortcut.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

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Dart
import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  final fac = CkFileAccess();

  final String targetPath;
  try {
    targetPath = fac.symlinkTarget('qa_data/my_shortcut');
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Failed to get shortcut target.');
    return;
  }

  print('target path = $targetPath');
}