C / C++ / MFC

limelect wrote:

No try and you will see you are wrong

HRESULT CMy1Dlg::ResolveIt(HWND hwnd, LPCSTR lpszLinkFile, LPWSTR lpszPath, int iPathBufferSize) 
{ 
    HRESULT hres; 
    IShellLink* psl; 
    WCHAR szGotPath[MAX_PATH]; 
    WCHAR szDescription[MAX_PATH]; 
    WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd; 
 
  
    // Get a pointer to the IShellLink interface. It is assumed that CoInitialize
    // has already been called. 
    hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID*)&psl); 
    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) 
    { 
        IPersistFile* ppf; 
 
        // Get a pointer to the IPersistFile interface. 
        hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void**)&ppf); 
		
        if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) 
        { 
            WCHAR wsz[MAX_PATH]; 
 
            // Ensure that the string is Unicode. 
            MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, lpszLinkFile, -1, wsz, MAX_PATH); 
 
            // Add code here to check return value from MultiByteWideChar 
            // for success.
 
            // Load the shortcut. 
            hres = ppf->Load(wsz, STGM_READ); 
            
            if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) 
            { 
                // Resolve the link. 
                hres = psl->Resolve(hwnd, 0); 

                if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) 
                { 
                    // Get the path to the link target. 
                    hres = psl->GetPath(szGotPath, MAX_PATH, (WIN32_FIND_DATA*)&wfd, SLGP_SHORTPATH); 

                    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) 
                    { 
                        // Get the description of the target. 
                        hres = psl->GetDescription(szDescription, MAX_PATH); 

                        if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) 
                        {
                            hres = StringCbCopy(lpszPath, iPathBufferSize, szGotPath);
                            if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
                            {
                                // Handle success
                            }
                            else
							{
                                // Handle the error
							}
                        }
                    }
                } 
            } 

            // Release the pointer to the IPersistFile interface. 
            ppf->Release(); 
        } 

        // Release the pointer to the IShellLink interface. 
        psl->Release(); 
    } 
    return hres; 
}

ResolveIt(this->m_hWnd,"d:\\Documents and Settings\\s.p\\Desktop\\2.lnk",_T("d:\\Documents and Settings\\s.p\\Desktop\\2.lnk"),1024);

limelect wrote:

I did note create this link an installation program did

and it is a legal link file

limelect wrote:

so now can you post a few line of code to GET THE STRING FROM IT?

limelect wrote:

And i thought i am wrong and do not know

what i am doing.

limelect wrote:

As for you, you have done more then enough and i appreciate it

You are the only one given a serious response and i thank you.

I think i am on my own now since nothing worked on the above file

and i will see what to do

If i will have good news i will let you know

And thanks again