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r4
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‎04-24-2008 10:32 AM
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Is it possible for Intel Fortran for Windows to open a file through a shortcut in WinXP Pro? I tried just the OPEN statement on a shortcut that linked to a text file; that did not work. Is there some other way? Does this work on Vista?
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Steven_L_Intel1
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‎04-29-2008 10:45 AM
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Shortcuts are a feature of the Windows shell, not the file system, so no, you cannot "OPEN" a shortcut. There is a COM interface for resolving a shortcut ("Shell link") which might be usable from Fortran using the Module Wizard, but this is not something I have ever looked at.

See this MSDN Library article for more information.
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