create shortcut while installing a cab

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dhar.madhurima

I was reading a thread in this forum.
One statement I came across.. I did not understand...

SHCreateShortcut(@"\WINDOWS\Startup\SAMSLoad.lnk", @"wceload.exe /
noui /noaskdest ""\Program Files\SAMS PDA\download.cab""");

Specifically, what this statement is doing?
@"wceload.exe /noui /noaskdest ""\Program Files\SAMS PDA
\download.cab"""

does it mean , this will first install the cab and return the
installed exe path, which will then be used as 2nd parameter to
SHCreateShortcut?

What does '@' signify here? Does it work like a script?
How can I learn more about this syntax??

Please help

Thanks
 
I was reading a thread in this forum.
One statement I came across.. I did not understand...

SHCreateShortcut(@"\WINDOWS\Startup\SAMSLoad.lnk", @"wceload.exe /
noui /noaskdest ""\Program Files\SAMS PDA\download.cab""");

Specifically, what this statement is doing?
@"wceload.exe /noui /noaskdest ""\Program Files\SAMS PDA
\download.cab"""

does it mean , this will first install the cab and return the
installed exe path, which will then be used as 2nd parameter to
SHCreateShortcut?
Click to expand...

I'm not familiar with this exact syntax, but I can take a pretty good
guess.

It is creating a shortcut "SAMSLoad.lnk" in the "\WINDOWS\Startup"
directory. The target of that link is "wceload.exe" with these
command-line parameters:

/noui /noaskdest "\Program Files\SAMS PDA\download.cab"

So when Windows Mobile restarts, the shortcut will be activated, and
wceload.exe will be searche for in the path and run with the above
command-line parameters.
What does '@' signify here? Does it work like a script?
How can I learn more about this syntax??
Click to expand...

It is a special quoting syntax that, among other things, lets you use
backslashes in strings without quoting them, nothing more. For
a bit more information see:

http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/faq/#verbatim.literals

Hope this helps!

---Scott.
 
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