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Create a Shortcut on desktop

Added on 6/12/2000

Compatibilities:
behavior
Required Xtras:
Buddy API

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Author: KumarK

Create a Shortcut on desktop

---- written for Director 8 ---
---- Kumar.K kumark@icode.com ----

-- custom properties --
property folderlist,theFile,subfolders,fileslist,whereto,programname

------ Get Behavior Description List ------
on getPropertyDescriptionList me
  fileslist=getfilelist(me)
  set description = [:]
  addProp description, #theFile, [#format:#String, #comment: "Select the file You want add to windsows Desktop ?", #range:fileslist,#default:fileslist[1]]
  addProp description, #programname, [#format:#String, #comment: "Enter the ShortCut Name", #default:"Enter the name here"]
  if the currentspritenum = 0 then
    addProp description, #WhereTo, [#comment: "Where To Attach ?" ,#format:#String,
    #range:["On EnterFrame","On ExitFrame"],#default:"On EnterFrame"]
  else
    addProp description, #WhereTo, [#comment: "Where To Attach ?" ,#format:#String,
    #range:["On MouseUp","On MouseDown","On MouseEnter","On MouseLeave"],#default:"On MouseUp"]
  end if
  return description
end getPropertyDescriptionList
------ Get Behavior Description List ------

-- Get Behavior description --
on getBehaviorDescription
  return "This Behavior adds the specified file of the current directory or " & RETURN &
"the subfolder(upto level 2) to windows Desktop." & RETURN & RETURN &
  "This Behavior needs Buddy API Xtra to work, so please ensure You Have Buddy API Xtra." & RETURN & RETURN &
  "Parameters" & RETURN &
  "* File." & RETURN &
  "* Program Name." & RETURN &
  "* Where to attach this Script"
end
-- Get Behavior description --

---- get the file name to be opened ----
on getfilelist me
  set mypath=the moviepath
  set fileslist=[]
  set Folders = baFolderList( mypath )
  set Files = baFileList( mypath ,"*.*")
  repeat with M=1 to Files.count
    fileslist.append(files[m])
  end repeat
  repeat with i = 1 to folders.count
    set subfolders = baFolderList( mypath & "" & folders[i])
    if subfolders.count <> 0 then
      repeat with j=1 to subfolders.count
        set Files = baFileList( mypath & " " &  folders[i] & "" & subfolders[j],"*.*")
        repeat with k=1 to Files.count
          fileslist.append(folders[i] & "" & subfolders[j] & "" & files[k])
        end repeat
      end repeat
      set Files = baFileList( mypath & " " &  folders[i],"*.*")
      repeat with j=1 to Files.count
        fileslist.append(folders[i] & "" & files[j])
      end repeat
    else
      set Files = baFileList( mypath & " " &  folders[i],"*.*")
      repeat with j=1 to Files.count
        fileslist.append(folders[i] & "" & files[j])
      end repeat
    end if
  end repeat
  return fileslist
end
---- get the file name to be opened ----

-- Events --
on EnterFrame me
  if WhereTo = "On EnterFrame" then
    addthefile
  end if
end EnterFrame

on ExitFrame me
  if WhereTo = "On EnterFrame" then
    addthefile
  end if
end ExitFrame

on MouseUp
  if WhereTo = "On MouseUp" then
    addthefile
  end if
end MouseUp

on MouseDown
  if WhereTo = "On MouseDown" then
    addthefile
  end if
end MouseDown`

on MouseEnter
  if WhereTo = "On MouseEnter" then
    addthefile
  end if
end MouseEnter

on MouseLeave
  if WhereTo = "On MouseLeave" then
    addthefile
  end if
end MouseLeave
------ Events ------

---add file ---
on addthefile
set OK = baMakeShortcut( the moviepath & thefile , baSysFolder( "Desktop" ),programname )
end
---add file ---

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