React Native

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.

React Native

import { FileAccess } from '@chilkat/react-native'

function chilkatExample() {
  const fac = new FileAccess();

  let targetPath: string;
  try {
    targetPath = fac.symlinkTarget('qa_data/my_shortcut');
  } catch {
    console.log('Failed to get shortcut target.');
    return;
  }

  console.log(`target path = ${targetPath}`);
}