Create Full-Screen Shortcut

Lucky75 · 12th July 2007, 17:27

Hi All,

I have an installer which creates a shortcut on my desktop to a batch file which then runs an executable.

How would I make it run in full screen mode (NOT maximized)? I know I can right click on the shortcut -> Properties->Full Screen, but I want to do it automatically from the installer.

Any suggesstions?

Thanks!

kichik · 12th July 2007, 19:34

I can't find any information about editing PIF files. If you can, we can help you make use of it with NSIS through a plug-in or the System plug-in.

Lucky75 · 12th July 2007, 20:07

Heh, I really don't know what a PIF is, other than it's name

kichik · 12th July 2007, 20:10

It's the file type for shortcuts to DOS applications. That's where the Full Screen setting is saved.

Anders · 12th July 2007, 20:12

The IShellLinkDataList interface should be able to do this

kichik · 12th July 2007, 20:20

Cool. Never seen that interface before. How do you get it though? I'm guessing you just QueryInterface it from the IShellLink instance, but where is that documented?

Lucky75 · 13th July 2007, 16:10

All I do is call "CreateShortcut".

I don't really know what to do otherwise. The shortcut is in the start menu as a *.lnk file.

kichik · 15th July 2007, 19:12

I tried a modified version of ShellLink to modify this data block, but CopyDataBlock always returns E_FAIL and I don't want to create the block from scratch. The function in charge is SHFindDataBlock.

12th July 2007, 17:27	#1
Lucky75 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15	Create Full-Screen Shortcut Hi All, I have an installer which creates a shortcut on my desktop to a batch file which then runs an executable. How would I make it run in full screen mode (NOT maximized)? I know I can right click on the shortcut -> Properties->Full Screen, but I want to do it automatically from the installer. Any suggesstions? Thanks!

12th July 2007, 19:34	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	I can't find any information about editing PIF files. If you can, we can help you make use of it with NSIS through a plug-in or the System plug-in. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

12th July 2007, 20:10	#4
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	It's the file type for shortcuts to DOS applications. That's where the Full Screen setting is saved. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

12th July 2007, 20:12	#5
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,337	The IShellLinkDataList interface should be able to do this IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

12th July 2007, 20:20	#6
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Cool. Never seen that interface before. How do you get it though? I'm guessing you just QueryInterface it from the IShellLink instance, but where is that documented? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

12th July 2007, 20:07	#3
Lucky75 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15	Heh, I really don't know what a PIF is, other than it's name

13th July 2007, 16:10	#7
Lucky75 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15	All I do is call "CreateShortcut". I don't really know what to do otherwise. The shortcut is in the start menu as a *.lnk file.

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