BCI Nodes - Shortcut

<Shortcut> - In BBj 11.00 and higher, this node creates a shortcut on all platforms except the Mac. The Mac uses a directory structure (.app) for shortcuts. The name can include program groups, separated by a forward slash, as shown in the second line of the example.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
description	Description of the shortcut.	Any string	None
image	Image for the shortcut.	Any string	None
name	Name of the shortcut. Can include folder names, separated by a forward slash.	Any string	None
parameters	Specifies parameters for the target.	Any string	None
target	Specifies the target of the shortcut.	Any string	None
workingdir	Specifies the working directory.	Any string	None

Common Attribute

Description

Possible Values

Default Value

bit

Specifies the Java bit level for which the BCI node will be active.

0	All bit levels
32	32-bit level
64	64-bit level

In BBj 19.21 and higher, the following values may also be used:

1	32-bit level
2	64-bit level

0 = All bit levels

osbit

Specifies the OS bit level for which the BCI node will be active.

0	All bit levels
32	32-bit level
64	64-bit level

In BBj 19.21 and higher, the following values may also be used:

1	32-bit level
2	64-bit level

0 = All bit levels

osname

In BBj 24.10 and higher, specifies the OS for which the BCI node will be active. Multiple OS's are comma separated.

Windows

Mac

Linux

AIX

All

portid

Specifies the port ID for which the BCI node will be active. Multiple port IDs are comma separated.

As of BBj 24.10, the portid attribute has been removed. Use osname instead.

See Platform Availability for possible port IDs.

All port IDs

<Variable> - In BBj 11.00 and higher, this node creates a variable that can be used instead of string value in the custominstall.xml. The following variables are provided by default:

Variable Name	Variable Value
$BASISInstallDir	BASIS installation directory.
$BASISInstallDrive	BASIS installation drive on Windows resolves to the drive letter and colon (i.e. d:).
$DesktopDir	Desktop directory on Windows.
$InstallDir	Installation directory.
$InstallDrive	Installation drive on Windows resolves to the drive letter and colon (i.e. d:).
$ProgramsDir	Programs directory on Windows.
$UserHome	User's home directory.
$Version	BBj version.

Example

<Shortcut name="BBj" target="bin/bbj" image="images/BBj.xpm" description="Runs the BBj Interpreter"
  osname="Windows,Mac,Linux,AIX" />

<Shortcut name="BASIS/BBj/BBj" target="bin/BBj.exe" parameters="" workingdir="bin" image="bin/BBj.exe,0"
  description="Runs the BBj Interpreter" osname="Windows" />

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