creating a desktop icon via VBA

[Virgil]

I know I've asked this question before (seveal months ago)
but the reply has disappeared out of the newsgroups posts.

I want to automatically create an icon for an Access
database I'm installing. The database's install program
will be written in Access. Someone steer me in the right
direction on how to create a desktop icon via VBA.

 

[Todd Shillam]

Virgil,

Creating an icon in VBA? That's a new one for me. I have never heard of such
a thing. More often, I think most programmers simply use an icon file (.ico)
created by using an image editor (such as Photoshop, etc.).

In Microsoft Access, you can specify an application icon in the Startup
settings. If you are looking for some icons, take a trip over to Foood's
icons:

www.fooods.net

There are some links to other icon sites at this site as well.

Good luck,

Todd

 

[Steve Huff]

Although you say icon, do you mean a shortcut?

 

[Guest]

Yea. that's what I meant. BTW, I did an Internet search
for "shortcut.vbs" and found an example. Thanks.