Xojo Plugin

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.

Xojo Plugin

Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess

Dim targetPath As String
targetPath = fac.SymlinkTarget("qa_data/my_shortcut")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to get shortcut target.")
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("target path = " + targetPath)