CEShortcuts (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
The CEShortcuts key is optional and describes the shortcuts that the installation application creates on the target device.
The CEShortcuts key is a platform-specific key under the [DefaultInstall] section.
Syntax
[shortcut_list_section]
shortcut_filename,shortcut_type_flag,target_file/path[,standard_destination_path]
[shortcut_filename,shortcut_type_flag,target_file/path[,standard_destination_path]]
Parameters
shortcut_filename
String that identifies the shortcut name.It does not require the .lnk extension.
Note
Use only Unicode characters that can be converted into ANSI characters without data loss. This enables backward compatibility with earlier device versions. For more information, see CAB Wizard.
shortcut_type_flag
Numeric value.Zero or empty represents a shortcut to a file.
Any nonzero numeric value represents a shortcut to a folder.
target_file/path
String value that specifies the destination file or folder.For a file, use the target file name - for example, MyApp.exe - that must be defined in a file copy list.
For a path, use a file_list_section name defined in the [DestinationDirs] section - for example, DefaultDestDir - or the %InstallDir% string.
Note
Use only Unicode characters that can be converted into ANSI characters without data loss. This enables backward compatibility with earlier device versions. For more information, see CAB Wizard.
standard_destination_path
Optional string value that specifies where the shortcut file is created, using a standard %CEx% path or %InstallDir%.If no value is specified, the default value that is used is the destination directory listed for the shortcut_list_section from the [DestinationDirs] section.
Remarks
Do not use unsupported characters in your file path, such as /, *, ?, <, >, and |. The CAB Wizard will replace these characters with spaces, which may cause the configuration service provider (CSP) to terminate with errors. If you are using environment variables in your path, make sure that their value strings do not contain these characters.
The following code example shows two methods of creating shortcuts:
[DefaultInstall]
CEShortcuts = Shortcuts
[DestinationDirs]
Shortcuts = 0,%CE2%\Help
[Shortcuts]
Sample App,0,Sample.exe,%InstallDir%
App Help Link,0,AppHelp.htm
In this example, the first method directly specifies a path for an application called Sample.exe, while the second method uses a [Shortcuts] section that uses the path specified in [DestinationDirs] to specify a path for a Help file named AppHelp.htm.