WBShortcutMaker / 2025-07-06 22:22:29

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! 

In a Nutshell

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 

Requirements

WBShortcutMaker doesn't depend on anything, besides the Workbench! 

It should work with any Workbench and Kickstart v2.0.4 or more...

Availability and Downloads

WBShortcutMaker is open source. Its source code is available on BitBucket ! Manual and other resources are available here. WBShortcutMaker binaries are also available here, on Aminet, and in BitBucket :

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

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.

Usual Usage

Example Usage
Step Example
Select any program from the Workbench, program having or not an icon. For example Clock in SYS:Utilities. Usage1.jpg
Invoke the Workbench menu (in this example, using MagicMenu) and select the new menu item. Usage2.jpg
Look at the newly created icon!   Usage3.jpg
Modify the generated textual script with your favourite editor (in this example, using CEd) to change the stack, pass parameters... Usage4.jpg
Modify the created icon with your favourite editor (in this example, using SwazInfo) to open a window, have a Shell... Usage5.jpg

 

Preferences

To bring up the preferences window, open your favourite commodities manager, for example BExchange and select "Show" (or "Montrer" in French ).

 

The options are:

Details

WBShortcutMaker is written in C with Cubic IDE and vbcc for the development,  GadToolsBox to design the user interface, and SimpleCat for the internationalisation.