Standard c/c++ dll to retrieve shortcut/.lnk target...

Hello all,

I am in need of a dll that, if passed the shortcut/.lnk name and the Start Menu -> Programs path if needed, will return the target attribute of that shortcut.

I am going to be calling this from a Lua script based application from Indigo Rose called AutoPlay Media Studio. They have a DLL.Callfunction action that would make use of this newly created .dll. You supply the .dll, function name, parameters and away it should go to return the string path/target.

It is recommended that this 'standard' dll be written in c or c++. The only problem is I know next to nothing about either and I'm kind of in a bind.

Any points to existing dll code or any other examples here would be GREATLY, and I mean GREATLY appreciated!!

Thanks much in advance!!!!

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx
See function ResolveIt in this article. If you don't have window handle required by this function, use handle returned by GetDesktopWindow.

Thanks for the info, but its all foreign to me at this point.

I guess I need the code for the whole shortcut target grab. I don't know how to export the function that grabs the path and all of that stuff.

I guess this isn't going to happen quickly for me :(

Thanks much for this information though.