vl-file-copy pdf with link / shortcut

[Manuel_Kunde]

Hi all, I have written a lisp that uses the vl-file-copy command to move this PDF to another folder.

But this only works for the original pdf, not for the link!

 

Does anyone know if I need to change something in the command to be able to move the link?

The file name remains the same: "sheet_cover_building1".

 

 

[Steven P]

What is your line in your code for the vl-file-copy?

 

(obviously if it is a shortcut link, the file extension will be .lnk )

[mhupp]

Don't really understand having a shortcut in the same folder as the file.

 

This will allow you to create a shortcuts.

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=25051.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 10, 2021 by mhupp

[Manuel_Kunde]

On 9/10/2021 at 2:43 PM, Steven P said:

What is your line in your code for the vl-file-copy?

 

With .lnk and .pdf it does'nt work either ..

 

  	(vl-file-copy (strcat "\\path1\\" Data ".lnk")        
                  (strcat "\\path2\\" Data ".pdf")
  	)

 

@mhupp I only store shortcuts in this folder. The original pdf just stored for demonstration.

Edited September 13, 2021 by Manuel_Kunde

[Manuel_Kunde]

Okay i got it. You have to append this file extension to the source file.

 

  	(vl-file-copy (strcat "\\path1\\" Data ".pdf - Verknüpfung.lnk")        

 

Does anyone know if it is possible to make a PDF (without shortcut) from the source file that I move to another folder with vl-file-copy?

If I enter the file extension in the destination folder to ".pdf", the file is moved, but Adobe tells me when I open it that the PDF is corrupted.

 

In this case it would have to convert the .lnk file to .pdf.

Edited September 13, 2021 by Manuel_Kunde

[Steven P]

On 9/13/2021 at 10:07 AM, Manuel_Kunde said:

 

 

  	(vl-file-copy (strcat "\\path1\\" Data ".pdf - Verknüpfung.lnk")        

Does anyone know if it is possible to make a PDF (without shortcut) from the source file that I move to another folder with vl-file-copy?

If I enter the file extension in the destination folder to ".pdf", the file is moved, but Adobe tells me when I open it that the PDF is corrupted.

 

In this case it would have to convert the .lnk file to .pdf.

 

if you have the shortcut link then you -should- be able to get the relevant file path from that. I haven't tried it but this suggests you can do that in VBA ( https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fd6a0d4c-94ea-43b0-87d7-a706eeb04734/how-to-retrieve-the-target-of-a-shortcut-file-in-vb-code ). I don't use VBA so I have no idea if it works or not.. so assuming you can, you should be able to put that in the vl-file-copy and go from there?