method to obtain TARGET of a shortcut

[Michel]

This is a follow up question to a "LiveLink" query

http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6986

I have a shortcut icon of type .LNK on my desktop to a Livelink folder

Right click properties on said shortcut I obtain something to the effect for "Target"

Target : "L:\LiveLink system \Drop report here"

I'm able to create a script to copy file to "Target"

CopyFile>%Here_is_one_of_the_reports%,L:\LiveLink system \Drop report here\Here_is_one_of_the_reports.pdf

.. which is cool.
However each report has its own folder on LiveLink.. Different TARGETs.

Now here is my question:

Is there a way to obtain "Target" from a shortcut-?

If so.. then I could get the ""L:\LiveLink system \Drop report here" as a LiveLink variable

CopyFile>%File_name%,%A_livelink_variable%\Here_is_the_report.pdf


Thanx
... Michel

[JRL]

Try this and let us know.

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Let>File=Path and name.lnk

VBSTART
  Function GetProp(Prop)
    dim wshShell, propOb        
    Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")      
    Set propOb = wshShell.CreateShortcut(Prop)      
    GetProp = propOb.TargetPath
  End Function
VBEND

VBEval>GetProp("%File%"),res
MessageModal>res

List of properties that can be retrieved. (There may be others.) Just substitute one of these for the word "TargetPath" in the script.

Arguments
Description
FullName
IconLocation
Hotkey
TargetPath
WindowStyle
WorkingDirectory

[Michel]

Brilliant-!

Thanx JRL