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[BRY]

Hi folks,

I am trying to create some non-advertised shortcuts for some of the files and applications I am installing.

These shortcuts MUST be NON-advertised, because my users require to be able to change the target after installation.


I have discovered that to get these shortcuts to appear, then I have to type a path into the target field of the shortcut e.g.
[INSTALLDIR]MyFolder\App.exe

This seems to work.
However, when I try to link the target to an executable with more than 8 characters in it's name ("thisismyapp.exe"), then InstallShield gives me an error, saying that the value field is too long.

How can I get around this?!

I have tried to include quote marks in the target, but they were not accepted either.

Please Help...

[vkj]

Try giving the app_name as the value of a property and specifying the property_name in the target field.