From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Probably no great leap forward? References: Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 02:54:59 -0600 Message-ID: <85vbwqyof0.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:egYHkbiHmFNh0GvkMPXoIeIl4m4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: cc57d52f5f0e6eef2f4a318373 X-Received-Bytes: 1525 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3230099547 X-Original-Bytes: 1767 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:184721 Date: 2014-02-08T02:54:59-06:00 List-Id: Mike H writes: > I have a small utility that I use every day for checking my wife's > Sudoku solutions. It is written in Ada and currently launched from the > PC command line. The old XP machine is about to be replaced by Windows > 8. So perhaps this is the time to wrap it in something that will allow > me to launch from the desk top. That's what Windows shortcuts do. I have not used Windows 8, but I understand it has a "classic" mode that has a Desktop similar to Windows 7. In there, right click on the desktop, select New | Shortcut, follow the wizard. If you need options on the command line: after the wizard completes, right click on the shortcut, select Properties, and edit the "Target" field to add the options. There's probably a similar process to create a tile in the Metro interface. -- -- Stephe