Visual FoxPro

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.

Visual FoxPro

LOCAL loFac
LOCAL lcTargetPath

loFac = CreateObject('Chilkat.FileAccess')

lcTargetPath = loFac.SymlinkTarget("qa_data/my_shortcut")
IF (loFac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "Failed to get shortcut target."
    RELEASE loFac
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "target path = " + lcTargetPath

RELEASE loFac