Start Menu Shortcut Example

Start Menu illustrates how to use the Component function to add an entry for opening a README file to the Windows Start menu.
Configuring the Example Installer
The installer configuration file, config.xml, in the config directory specifies the text and default values used in the installer:
- The <Name>element specifies the application name that is added to the page name and introduction text.
- The <Version>element specifies the application version number.
- The <Title>element specifies the installer name displayed on the title bar.
- The <Publisher>element specifies the publisher of the software (as shown in the Windows Control Panel, for example).
- The <StartMenuDir>element specifies the name of the default program group for the product in the Windows Start menu.
- The <TargetDir>element specifies that the default target directory is located in theIfwExamplesdirectory in the home directory of the current user (because the predefined variable@HomeDir@is used as a part of the value). For more information, see Predefined Variables.
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <Installer>
      <Name>Start Menu Shortcut Example</Name>
      <Version>1.0.0</Version>
      <Title>Start Menu Shortcut Example</Title>
      <Publisher>Qt-Project</Publisher>
      <StartMenuDir>Qt Installer Framework Examples</StartMenuDir>
      <TargetDir>@HomeDir@/IfwExamples/startmenu</TargetDir>
  </Installer>
Creating the Example Package Information File
The installer package information file, package.xml, in the meta directory specifies the components that are available for installation:
- The <DisplayName>element specifies the human-readable name of the component.
- The <Description>element specifies the human-readable description of the component.
- The <Version>element specifies the version number of the component.
- The <ReleaseDate>element specifies the date when this component version was released.
- The <Default>element is set totrueto preselect the component in the installer.
- The <Script>element specifies the file name of the JavaScript file that is loaded to perform operations.
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <Package>
      <DisplayName>README.txt</DisplayName>
      <Description>A README.txt, accessible through a start menu entry.</Description>
      <Version>1.0.0-1</Version>
      <ReleaseDate>2013-01-01</ReleaseDate>
      <Default>true</Default>
      <Script>installscript.qs</Script>
  </Package>
Adding Entries to Start Menu
In installscript.qs, we use the createOperations() function to call the component::createOperations() function, which creates the Extract operation by default:
  Component.prototype.createOperations = function()
  {
      component.createOperations();
On Windows, we use the component::addOperation function to add a shortcut to the Start menu for opening the readme file:
      if (systemInfo.productType === "windows") {
          component.addOperation("CreateShortcut", "@TargetDir@/README.txt", "@StartMenuDir@/README.lnk",
              "workingDirectory=@TargetDir@", "iconPath=%SystemRoot%/system32/SHELL32.dll",
              "iconId=2", "description=Open README file");
      }
  }
Generating the Example Installer
To create the example installer, switch to the example source directory on the command line and enter the following command:
- On Windows:..\..\bin\binarycreator.exe -c config\config.xml -p packages installer.exe 
- On Linux or OS X:../../bin/binarycreator -c config/config.xml -p packages installer 
The installer is created in the current directory.
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