[izpack-users] Shortcut Panel creates an EMPTY file as ashortcut

Thu Oct 26 16:13:51 CEST 2006

Hi Yurii,
I have tested your informations on my box and it
works. Therefore I have no idea why not in your context.

Sorry

Klaus

>-----Original Message-----
>From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>[mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de]On Behalf Of J-Pro
>Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:44 PM
>To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
>Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Shortcut Panel creates an EMPTY file as
>ashortcut
>
>
>Good day, Klaus. Thanks for your answer.
>
>You've understood right, I want to open an URL via created shortcut.
>But there are many variants how can I do this. I can create an 
>.url-file and 
>make a shortcut for it. This isn't working, we saw it in my 
>last letter.
>The other way is to make IE shortcut with the command line 
>parameter - the 
>URL. I tried it. Here is how looked my shortcuts xml:
>
><shortcuts>
>
> <skipIfNotSupported/>
>
><programGroup defaultName="JPR" location="applications/startMenu"/>
>
><shortcut os="windows"
>   name="JPR The Best"
>   target="C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\iexplore.exe"
>   commandLine="http://127.0.0.1:111/JPR/index.jsp"
>   workingDirectory="C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386"
>   description="Launch Client"
>   iconFile="$INSTALL_PATH\jpr.ico"
>   iconIndex="0"
>   initialState="normal"
>   programGroup="yes"
>   desktop="yes"
>   applications="no"
>   startMenu="no"
>   startup="no">
>
>    <createForPack name="Core"/>
>
> </shortcut>
>
></shortcuts>
>
>And after going through ShortcutPanel, four items appeared on 
>my desktop:
>
>- empty file again, called JPR
>- 3 lnk-files, called: "JPR%20The%20Best.lnk". All of them 
>were with the 
>same names, similar, with IE icon and were NOT shortcuts. When I 
>right-clicked on any, the menu appears just like when I 
>right-clicked on IE 
>icon. Choosing "properties" opens IE properties, no shortcut 
>properties.
>
>And in Programs -> JPR ->  only empty file called JPR was created.
>
>
>Then I decided to try to make shortcut to the other program. I 
>have one, 
>called 909.exe in the dir "D:\J-Pro's\909". So, I created xml:
>
><shortcuts>
>
>  <skipIfNotSupported/>
>
> <programGroup defaultName="JPR" location="applications/startMenu"/>
>
> <shortcut os="windows"
>    name="JPR The Best"
>    target="D:\J-Pro's\909\909.EXE"
>    commandLine=""
>    workingDirectory="D:\J-Pro's\909"
>    description="Launch Client"
>    iconFile="$INSTALL_PATH\jpr.ico"
>    iconIndex="0"
>    initialState="normal"
>    programGroup="yes"
>    desktop="yes"
>    applications="no"
>    startMenu="no"
>    startup="no">
>
>     <createForPack name="Core"/>
>
>  </shortcut>
>
></shortcuts>
>
>Then I compiled install.jar again and run it. But after I 
>pressed Next in 
>Shortcut panel, the same happened as above - 4 strange files 
>(with 3  the 
>same with IE icon).
>
>What it can be, Klaus?
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
>
>> From: "Bartz, Klaus" <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de>
>> Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Shortcut Panel creates an EMPTY file as
>> ashortcut
>> To: <izpack-users at lists.berlios.de>
>> Message-ID: <591E33C080D2E5449BB1791B70D66B2889175B at coi11.coi.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Hi Yurii,
>> it seems so, that our shortcut guru is current not
>> on the list.
>> Let us together consider:
>> What I understand is, that you would open an URL. correct?
>> If I create a shortcut to an URL on my Windows box the created
>> shortcut looks other than other shortcuts. I assume that windows
>> maps this in a way I do not know, but to declare it as normal
>> shortcut will be the wrong way.
>> As I know, the creation of a shortcut to a URL is current 
>not possible.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Klaus
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>>>[mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de]On Behalf Of J-Pro
>>>Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:48 AM
>>>To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
>>>Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Shortcut Panel creates an EMPTY file as
>>>ashortcut
>>>
>>>
>>>Good day again, dear IzPack gurus!
>>>
>>>Haven't received any answers on the following question, so
>>>decided to ask
>>>again...
>>>
>>>Here it is plese:
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: J-Pro <joker.pro at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: [izpack-users] Shortcut Panel creates an EMPTY file as a
>>>> chortcut
>>>> To: "Iz Pack" <izpack-users at lists.berlios.de>
>>>> Message-ID: <00fb01c6f426$1f145a80$8d00a8c0 at Dev2>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="windows-1251";
>>>> reply-type=original
>>>>
>>>> Good day dear IzPack gurus.
>>>>
>>>> Have read doc about IzPack shortcut panel and how to create
>>>it. Everything
>>>> is ok, the panel shows, but the file which is created as a
>>>shortcut is
>>>> names
>>>> as my app and it has no any extention and data inside it.
>>>Just a file, but
>>>> created in the rigt program group.
>>>>
>>>> Here is my default_shortcut_specification.xml:
>>>>
>>>> <shortcuts>
>>>>
>>>>  <skipIfNotSupported/>
>>>>
>>>> <programGroup defaultName="JPR" location="applications/startMenu"/>
>>>>
>>>> <shortcut os="windows"
>>>>    name="JPR"
>>>>    target="$INSTALL_PATH\JPR.url"
>>>>    commandLine=""
>>>>    workingDirectory="$INSTALL_PATH"
>>>>    description="Launch Client"
>>>>    iconFile="$INSTALL_PATH\jpr.ico"
>>>>    iconIndex="0"
>>>>    initialState="normal"
>>>>    programGroup="yes"
>>>>    desktop="yes"
>>>>    applications="no"
>>>>    startMenu="no"
>>>>    startup="no">
>>>>
>>>>     <createForPack name="Core"/>
>>>>
>>>>  </shortcut>
>>>>
>>>> </shortcuts>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My application is a web-app which is installed in webapps
>>>folder of Apache
>>>> Tomcat. So as a shortcut I want to place a link, an URL. But
>>>I can't do
>>>> it,
>>>> something goes wrong. Maybe somebody already know the
>>>problem, can you
>>>> help
>>>> me please?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>________________________________
>>>With respect,
>>>
>>>Yurii Kartsev,
>>>Soft IT
>>>
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