createShortcut.py

# Create shortcut on desktop for windows
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    def createShortCut(self, data):
        executable = join(os.getenv('PIPELINE_LOCATION'), 'start_app.cmd')
        if not os.path.exists(executable):
            self.trayMessage('Launcher not found')
            return
        data['launcher'] = executable.replace('/','\\')
        data['wd'] = os.getenv('PIPELINE_LOCATION')
        ico = icons[data['name']] if data['name'] in icons else icons['default']
        data['ico'] = os.path.splitext(ico)[0] + '.ico'

        vb = r'''
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktopFolder = objShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Set objShortCut = objShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktopFolder & "\{title} {version}.lnk")
objShortCut.TargetPath = "{launcher}"
objShortCut.IconLocation = "{ico}"
objShortCut.WindowStyle = "7"
objShortCut.Description = "Pipeline launcher"
objShortCut.Arguments = chr(34) & "{name}" & chr(34) & " " & chr(34) & "{path}" & chr(34)
objShortCut.WorkingDirectory = "{wd}"
objShortCut.Save'''.format(**data)

        fileTemp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete = False, suffix='.vbs')
        fileTemp.write(vb)
        fileTemp.close()
        #create shortcut on desktop
        os.startfile(fileTemp.name)
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