AddFolderIcon Example 1

InstallShield 2015 » InstallScript Language Reference

Note: To call this function in a Basic MSI setup, you must first create a custom action for the entry-point function, execute the custom action in a sequence or as the result of a dialog's control event, and then build the release.

/*-----------------------------------------------------------*\

* InstallShield Example Script

* Demonstrates the AddFolderIcon function.

* This example places a shortcut to an executable file on the

* Start menu and the Start Programs menu.

* Note: Before running this script, set the preprocessor

* constants so that they reference the fully qualified

* names of the Windows Notepad executable and a valid

* text file on the target system.

\*-----------------------------------------------------------*/

#define PROGRAM "C:\\Windows\\Notepad.exe"

#define PARAM "C:\\Windows\\Readme.txt"

// Include Ifx.h for built-in InstallScript function prototypes.

#include "Ifx.h"

export prototype ExFn_AddFolderIcon(HWND);

function ExFn_AddFolderIcon(hMSI)

STRING szProgramFolder, szItemName, szCommandLine, szWorkingDir;

STRING szShortCutKey, szProgram, szParam, szIconPath;

NUMBER nIcon;

begin

// Set up parameters for call to AddFolderIcon.

szProgramFolder = FOLDER_STARTMENU;

szItemName = "Notepad Example 1";

szProgram = PROGRAM;

szParam = PARAM;

LongPathToQuote (szProgram, TRUE);

LongPathToShortPath (szParam);

szCommandLine = szProgram + " " + szParam;

szWorkingDir = "";

szIconPath = "";

nIcon = 0;

szShortCutKey = "";

// Add a shortcut to the Start menu.

if (AddFolderIcon (szProgramFolder, szItemName, szCommandLine, szWorkingDir,

szIconPath, nIcon, szShortCutKey, REPLACE) < 0) then

MessageBox ("AddFolderIcon failed.", SEVERE);

else

SprintfBox (INFORMATION, "AddFolderIcon", "%s created successfully.",

szItemName);

endif;

szProgramFolder = "";

szItemName = "Notepad Example 2";

// Add a shortcut to the Programs menu.