Re: Desktop Shortcut

Hi Oliver and thanks for the advice.

Warm regards.
Darko Topolsek
programmer

"Oliver Wong" <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Darko Topolsek" <dtopolse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm wondering, can I make desktop shortchut
>> through Java code.
>> Thanks.
>
> Platform dependent. On operating systems with no concept of "shortcuts"
> or "desktop", you obviously can't.
>
> On all platforms I know of which do, these things are implemented by
> the filesystem, so you'd need to have write-access to the file system (not
> a problem for applications, but if you're writing an applet, you may need
> to sign it).
>
> What you do then, again depends on the platform. If the "shortcuts" are
> implemented via normal files (as on Windows), you need to know the file
> format for "shortcuts", and create a file in the appropriate format.
>
> - Oliver
>


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