JumpTask.ApplicationPath Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Shell

Assembly:: PresentationFramework.dll

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Gets or sets the path to the application.

public:
 property System::String ^ ApplicationPath { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string ApplicationPath { get; set; }

member this.ApplicationPath : string with get, set

Public Property ApplicationPath As String

Property Value

String

The path to the application. The default is null.

Examples

The following example shows how to declare a JumpTask in markup. The JumpTask opens a text file named readme.txt in the Notepad application.

<JumpTask Title="Read Me" 
          Description="Open readme.txt in Notepad." 
          ApplicationPath="C:\Windows\notepad.exe"
          IconResourcePath="C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll"
          IconResourceIndex="14"
          WorkingDirectory="C:\Users\Public\Documents"
          Arguments="readme.txt"/>

The following example shows how to configure a JumpTask in code. The JumpTask opens the Calculator application.

// Configure a new JumpTask.
JumpTask jumpTask1 = new JumpTask();
// Get the path to Calculator and set the JumpTask properties.
jumpTask1.ApplicationPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.SystemX86), "calc.exe");
jumpTask1.IconResourcePath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.SystemX86), "calc.exe");
jumpTask1.Title = "Calculator";
jumpTask1.Description = "Open Calculator.";
jumpTask1.CustomCategory = "User Added Tasks";

Remarks

If the ApplicationPath property is not specified, then the path of the current running process is implied. An application can contain tasks for executables other than itself.

Applies to

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