WBShortcutMaker / 2025-07-06 21:23:35

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, else the default Project icon). 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

Unarchive WBShortcutMaker.lha anywhere, copy/paste WBShortcutMaker in your WBStartup (or any other place of your choosing), and then run it by double-clicking on it.

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 Cubic IDE, vbcc, and GadToolsBox to design and get a first implementation of the window and with SimpleCat for its internationalisation.