Description

This is an interface for creating and/or modifying Windows shortcuts.

Requirements

Ruby 1.8.2 or later.
The win32ole library (part of the Ruby standard library).

Installation

rake test (optional)
rake install (non-gem) or rake install_gem (gem)

Synopsis

require ‘win32/shortcut’

include Win32

Shortcut.new('c:/test.lnk') do |s|
   s.description       = 'test link'
   s.path              = 'c:/winnt/notepad.exe'
   s.show_cmd          = Shortcut::SHOWNORMAL
   s.working_directory = 'C:/'
end

Notes

This code uses win32ole + wscript behind the scenes. The original C code
is not distributed as part of the release, but is still retained in the
CVS repository under the 'ext' directory should anyone ever need it.

Known Bugs

None known.

Please report any bugs on the project page at
http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32utils.

Future Plans

None at this time.
Ideas welcome. Please submit them on the project page as
a "Feature Request".

Copyright

(C) 2003-2008, Daniel J. Berger, All Rights Reserved

License

Ruby's

Warranty

This package is provided "as is" and without any express or
implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Acknowledgements

The original win32-shortcut package was largely based on Aldo Calpini's
Win32::Shortcut Perl module, and I copied some of the documentation as
well.
The current version (0.2.0 and later) is based on a patch by Jano Svitok.

Author(s)

Daniel J. Berger   
Park Heesob