>Hi George,
>
>Tks for you last reply about Icon's.
>I am here again with another question
>
>I want to get the name and path of the Anulkid7a.rtf from the Shortcut in the foll. example.
>I always receive a empty string ?
>I try it with VFP6 and NT4
>
>Kindly advise .
>
>Check code ---------------------------------------
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetLinkArgs IN LNKFILES.DLL;
> INTEGER hWnd, STRING @lpszLinkName, STRING @lpszArguments
>DECLARE INTEGER GetLinkDescription IN LNKFILES.DLL;
> INTEGER hWnd, STRING @lpszLinkName, STRING @lpszPath
>
>
>* 260 is the current value of MAX_PATH
>lcbuffer = SPACE(260)
>lclinkfile = "c:\temp\80879608\Shortcut to Anulkid7a.rtf.lnk"
>
>IF FILE(lcLinkFile)
>
> * lclinkfile is the file name of the link file
>-> 0 lnresult = GetLinkArgs(0, @lclinkfile, @lcbuffer)
> lcargs = LEFT(lcbuffer, lnresult)
>
>-> 0 lnresult = GetLinkDescription(0, @lclinkfile, @lcbuffer)
> lcdescription = LEFT(lcbuffer, lnresult)
>
>ENDIF
>
>RETURN

Hi Marcel,

The description is essentially the same as the file name, so that isn't a problem. If I understand your question correctly, you should be using GetCmndLineInfo() to return the name and location of the file. I assume that you're relying on Windows to start the appropriate application and the shortcut points directly to the file.

hth,