R: Make Desktop shortcut on Windows operating system
makeShortcut
R Documentation
Make Desktop shortcut on Windows operating system
Description
Creates a shortcut on the desktop - Windows only. If the arguments are
used the function enables the connection to a database (dbfile) and
copies the sample-file 'wang.csv' to the desktop
(wang2desktop). Please see below (and details) for description of
using RODBC to connect to a database.
Usage
makeShortcut(dbfile="",wang2desktop=FALSE)
Arguments
dbfile
A file containing the information needed to connect to a
database with the necessary data. The file is expected to have four
(4) rows of the form:
db = "Connection information to the database"
dbtab = "Which table should be attached"
dbcase = "The case containing the unique 'case' identifier used to extract case specific information"
dbcols = "Additional database columns needed to uniquely identify different PCR runs, re-runs, etc. with the same 'case' identifier"
However, lines with comments (identified by # are allowed). If a
variable has more arguments these are separated by semicolons
";", e.g. dbcols = "PCR_run; Replicate".
wang2desktop
Logical: If TRUE the example data file 'wang.csv'
is copied to the Windows desktop. Default is FALSE which only
creates a shortcut for lauching the mixture separator.
Details
The package RODBC enables R to connect to a ODBC-connection. ODBC
connections can either be connections to data files (e.g. Access- or
Excel-files) or it can be a proper database. The mixsep() GUI connects
to the ODBC source using the odbcDriverConnect-function, which takes
different arguments depending on the data source. It is recommended to
verify that the 'db'-argument provided in the 'dbfile'-file enables the
connection to the database prior to using makeShortcut. Please refer
to the help pages of the RODBC-package for further details.
Value
Creates a shortcut on the desktop. The function identifies the
location of the mixsep-package in the file system and adds a
.bat-file, which launches R in the terminal. This is the best and
easiet way of using the mixture separator.
See Also
odbcDriverConnect
Examples
## run this in Windows to create shortcut on the desktop.
## Not run: makeShortcut()