[RESOLVED] C# Targetpath shortcuts

I have a small problem with generating the shortcut. Actually generating shortcut works no problem but I wont to add other few lines to shortcut that makes me problems that I chouldnt work out. For example :

I need to have the path of my shortcut like this : C:\test.vbs "C:/somefile.exe" somedata [email protected] password

I use this code :

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MyShortcut.TargetPath = @"C:/test.vbs" + textBox3.Text + " " + comboBox1.Text + " " + textBox1.Text + " " + textBox2.Text;

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textbox3 is path of somefile. somedata is selected item from combobox. textbox1 is email. textbox2 is password

I can not add the path on textbox3 ( C:/somefile.exe ) the program gets error. what am I doing wrong here ?

I am guessing that you forgot to put space

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MyShortcut.TargetPath = @"C:/test.vbs " + textBox3.Text + " " + comboBox1.Text + " " + textBox1.Text + " " + textBox2.Text;

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nope it gives me error unhandled exeption again. If I do not put the textbox3 filepath it works with it it doesnt. or if I put only the exe name like : somefile.exe it works also not with C:/somefile.exe

Well I know nothing about C# but I'm pretty certain you don't use C:/ in a path. Shortcuts aren't urls, are they?

Shortcut is should be like this : C:\test.vbs "C:/somefile.exe" somedata [email protected] password

Er ... the fact that you can't make it work suggests otherwise! If C:/somefile.exe is intended as an url then it should surely be file:///C:/somefile.exe and if it's not (which the fact that you can use it with just somefile.exe certainly suggests) it should be C:\somefile.exe

That looks more like a command string than a shortcut. Shortcuts are ONLY file paths such as C:\someFolder\somefile.exe
shortcut.TargetPath should work perfectly with just "C:\test.vbs".

sure it works with just a path , if you guys think it looks like a command path YES but how can I do it .

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Originally Posted by españolito

That looks more like a command string than a shortcut. Shortcuts are ONLY file paths such as C:\someFolder\somefile.exe
shortcut.TargetPath should work perfectly with just "C:\test.vbs".

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You can use command strings in a shortcut so that's not a problem in itself. I'm assuming that the values given here are just placeholders and not the actual values, of course.

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Originally Posted by dunfiddlin

You can use command strings in a shortcut so that's not a problem in itself. I'm assuming that the values given here are just placeholders and not the actual values, of course.

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any example ?

This is my shortcut for a well known game ...

"C:\Program Files\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 13\ootp13.exe" load_league=Play At The Plate.lg

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Originally Posted by RapidBuster

I am guessing that you forgot to put space

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Possibly also the Double Quotes.
Looking at dunfiddlin's shortcut, the filepath is enclosed in quotes and the command string follows, separated by spaces.

well I need my shortcut exact like this :

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C:\test.vbs "C:/somefile.exe" somedata [email protected] password

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if anyone can give me an examle on how to do this whould be very nice thank you .

I did this test and it generates the correct string with the correct quotes as per dunfiddlin's post

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Label1.Text = """C:/test.vbs""" + " " & TextBox3.Text + " " + TextBox4.Text + " " + TextBox1.Text + " " + TextBox2.Text

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Obviously, you'd need to change the variable names and also bear in mind this is VB, not C# so you'd need to put the @ and the ; back
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I have now like this changed my code , sorry @españolito didnt work in C#

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shortcut.TargetPath = "\"C:\\file.exe\"";
shortcut.Arguments = "/" + textBox3.Text + "/" + " " + comboBox1.Text + " " + textBox1.Text + " " + textBox2.Text;

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this works great , instead of / I need to add " but cant :)