# Shortcut Utility
# FB - 20150329
# Create a file named "SHORTCUTS.CSV"
# in the same directory as this script
# which should contain lines in the format:
# target,description
# Example:
# c:\,c: drive
# c:\windows,windows directory
# c:\windows\notepad.exe,notepad
# C:\Users\desktop.ini,desktop.ini
# http://google.com,google
import Tkinter as tk
import os
targets = []
descriptions = []
targetTypes = [] # url/file/dir
def LoadCSV():
f = open('SHORTCUTS.CSV','r')
lines = f.readlines()
for line in lines:
lineList = line.strip().split(',')
target = lineList[0]
targets.append(target)
descriptions.append(lineList[1])
if target.lower().startswith('http'):
targetTypes.append('url')
elif os.path.isfile(target):
targetTypes.append('file')
elif os.path.isdir(target):
targetTypes.append('dir')
class App:
def __init__(self, root):
self.root = root
LoadCSV()
for i, description in enumerate(descriptions):
color = "#000000"
if targetTypes[i] == "url":
color = "#ff0000"
elif targetTypes[i] == "file":
color = "#00ff00"
elif targetTypes[i] == "dir":
color = "#0000ff"
link = tk.Label(text = description, foreground = color)
link.bind("<1>", lambda event, text = description: self.click_link(event, text))
link.pack()
def click_link(self, event, description):
for i, desc in enumerate(descriptions):
if description == desc:
if targetTypes[i] == "url":
os.system('explorer ' + targets[i])
elif targetTypes[i] == "file":
os.system(targets[i])
elif targetTypes[i] == "dir":
os.system('explorer ' + targets[i])
break
root = tk.Tk()
app = App(root)
root.mainloop()
