fCreateLink (Function)

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fCreateLink (Function)

In french: fCréeLien

Creates a link on a file at the specified location. This link can be:

a symbolic link (lnk file).
a physical link. This link may (or may not) be named like the source file. The physical link is used to make the same file appear at different locations.

Remarks:

To delete a symbolic or physical link, use fDelete.
To create a shortcut on the Windows desktop, in the "Start" menu of Windows or in a specific directory, use CreateShortcut.

Example

// Création d'un lien symbolique (fichier lnk)
fCreateLink("C:\temp\lisezmoi.txt", "C:\lisezmoi.lnk", fLinkSymbolic)

// Création d'un lien physique
fCreateLink("C:\temp\lisezmoi.txt", "C:\lisezmoi.doc", fLinkPhysical)

Syntax

<Result> = fCreateLink(<Pointed file> , <Link destination> , <Type of link> [, <Command line> [, <Working directory>]])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the link was created,
False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo.

<Pointed file>: Character string

Full path of the file toward which the link will point.

<Link destination>: Character string

Path and name of the file corresponding to the link to create. The extension of the link must be specified.

<Type of link>: Integer constant

Type of link to create:
fLinkPhysical Create a physical link.
A physical link is a file that can be accessed via several paths. The file deletion can be performed only when all physical links have been deleted.
Warning: The <Pointed File> and the <Link Destination> must be on the same disk.
fLinkSymbolic Create a symbolic link.
A symbolic link is a "pointer" to a file. The deletion of the symbolic link does not affect the pointed file. The deletion of the pointed file makes the symbolic link invalid.
In Windows 10, to create a symbolic link, the user must have administrator privileges on the computer.

<Command line>: Optional character string

Command line of the link. This parameter is taken into account when creating a symbolic link only.

<Working directory>: Optional character string

Working directory of the link. This parameter is taken into account when creating a symbolic link only.

Remarks

In Windows, the links can only be created on disks formatted in NTFS.

Component: wd300std.dll