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name and object name. Title can be any string; action code can be FAIL,
REPLACE or UPDATE. For example
; This is a sample control file for Desktop Icon Shuffler
;
; Lines starting with a semicolon are comment lines
;
[system]
; This section can be either empty or all commecnt lines
;
[create]
; Object creation
; Object Class, , "Title",
;
; The following command replaces the existing folder
WPFOLDER, , "Sample folder", REPLACE,
;
; The following row will create a folder named "Sample folder" and will fail
; if the object with this name already exists
WPFOLDER, , "Sample folder", FAIL,
;
; The following command updates the existing object or creates a new object
; if the object does not exist
WPFOLDER, , "Sample folder", UPDATE,
;
; The following command will create a new program item to the Install/Remove folder
WPProgram, , "My program", REPLACE, ,
EXENAME=C:\EXE\MYPROG.EXE;ICONFILE=C:\EXE\MYPROG.ICO
The delete section structure is very simple. The only thing that is required is
the object name to be deleted. Here is a sample section:
[delete]
; Delete the folder that was added in the create section
The update section is used to update object properties. The syntax is one of
the following
• keyword=value
• FOLDER keyword=value
• SETUPSTRING keyword=value
Multiple keywords can be defined by separating those by semicolon (;). The
sample update section can appear as follows:
[update]
; The following line sets the Sample folder default view to tree view
FOLDER DEFAULTVIEW = TREE
;
; The following line changes the program title for Sample program
Title = New program
The move section syntax is , . The object
is not moved, if it already exist in the destination object. Here is an example:
[move]
: The following lines move object to the desktop
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