>>>>>Windows Tiles are not so easy to set up. It takes some HTML and a few other things to do this.
>>>>>
>>>>>However, I think those things are on their way out. Do you EVER look at any of that at all? The only apps that do this are Windows Store (UWP) generally because it's a requirement and built into that platform, but even there it's been going away. Tiles have been de-emphasized more and more in favor of the search bar experience.
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>>>>>Not really worth bothering with IMHO.
>>>>>
>>>>>+++ Rick ---
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I know of the possibility to create a shortcut on your Desktop on installation, but is there also an option to create a windows tile for my constructed exe with VFP9 on installation?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Koen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>VFP9SP2 - InoSetup (but willing to use an other setup to facilitate this)
>>>>Rick,
>>>>I agree with you Tiles are de-emphasized more and more, but again there are users who donot use the Desktop att all, they just click on the tiles to get an app started. So for these, mainly not so experimented users, it is rather difficult to find the shortcut's and thus starting the app. Reason for me to try to make life also for them easier by creating a tile with myExe. Would you know how to construct the HTML code to produce a tile? In that case it should be easy to add a .bat file to my installation procedure, wouldn't it?
>>>>
>>>>Meanwhile found this information from MS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/shell/desktop-app-tiles-on-the-start-screen. Needs some study to aplly I suppose.
>>>>
>>>>When and if I have accomplished this I will post it here also for others. Meanwhile any handy advises are more than welcome.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Koen
>>>Koen
>>>One thing you can do is use my original suggestion (step 1 ) and drag it to the tiled section (step 2), It will appear there. But I have not found a way to do it by code.
>>Mike,
>>That's what I did straight away ater your suggestion, however no luck! No tile, nothing appeared. FWI there are a lot of .lnk files in that directory but only a few appear as tile, there must be more to it than only your suggestion. I am almost sure it must be doable by code as other apps appear in my tile collection like e.g. Netflix. I dont recall to give Netflix on installation an OK to make a tile, not that I mind. Like said before I shall have to study the Microsoft Link in my previous message.
>>Regards,
>>Koen
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>I did what I suggested in my original suggestion then I dragged it to the right tile panel and I get this.
Mike,
Looks nice, but a) how to do? I cannot drag to the right and b) don't you think this is very user unfriendly? I am realy looking for a piece of coding doing this. Don't feel it is correct to teach my users how to do this, not that they are not allowed, just a matter of friendly UI. The coding in the article on the Microsoft Help website should give enough to realize it. My problem: I have to translate it into VFP. Nice thing for a spare weekend ( sic ). So for the time being, I will now 1st concentrate on my VFP problems in the application under construction, and when everything ready, after the tests of the trial version it will be time to convert and implent this feature. Meanwhile users have to make use of the DesktopShortcut. Does not mean that if I meanwhile may find somewhere a piece of coding, either in VFP or a file which I can implent in the InnoSetup it would be nice.
Regards,
Koen