[DUG] OpenDialog and create shortcut...

John Bird johnkbird at paradise.net.nz
Fri Nov 13 11:09:33 NZDT 2009


2 small questions:

1 - is there any way to set an OpenDialog window (used to select a file) into the details view - ie so Date Modified can be seen?

2 - Is there any way programmatically in Delphi to create a shortcut to a program on the desktop?  (Up to now I have been doing this with a custom Inno setup install that only makes shortcuts).

(I found an example of creating a at 

http://delphi.about.com/od/windowsshellapi/a/create_lnk.htm

but was wondering if it uses ActiveX it might be prevented from running on some systems - it did not work for me on Vista.

John
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