WBShortcutMaker / 2025-07-06 21:17:58

Who never wanted to add a program into the WBStartup, only to discover that it was too large, or that it had to run from its own folder, or that it needed a Project icon?
And who never solved such problems by creating a script file, painfully editing it, copying some other program Project icon, and more shenanigans?

Well, not anymore! 

WBShortcutMaker is a small commodity that adds a menu to the Workbench to create a shortcut to any program selected in the Workbench. A shortcut is textual script along with a Project icon. The script calls the selected program, providing convenience to increase stack or pass parameters. The icon uses the usual C:IconX to execute the script and is based on either the program icon, if any, or a default icon, if none. Thus, the shortcut can be placed anywhere (usually the WBStartup folder) to call the selected program! WBShortcutMaker has a small user interface to edit the prefix/suffix of the shortcut name and to allow overwritting an existing shortcut. It is fully localised too 

Usage

History

25/07/XX, v1.0: complete version, tested on a real Amiga 4000, a Vampirised A600, and WinUAE.

Details

WBShortcutMaker is written in C with GadToolsBox to design and get a first implementation of the window and with SimpleCat for its internationalisation.