# AG\_SHORTCUT

_Reviewed and revised December 2023_

**tab(-10, AG\_SHORTCUT); target, lnkspec \{, descr, workdir, icon, iconidx\}; chr(127);**     [Tab(-10,x) Syntax Notes](ag_xxx_syntax-notes.md)

AG\_SHORTCUT (72) creates a shortcut on the client.

This function has both a [subroutine and a print tab implementation](subroutine-print-pairs.md).

**Parameters**

See [MX\_SHORTCUT](mx_shortcut.md)[xs](keyword-types.md) for descriptions.

**Response**

A number followed be a carriage return indicating the status of the operation:  0=ok.  Positive numbers are Windows system error codes. (See MX\_ERRNOMSG to display text). -1 indicates no GUI support available (requires Windows or ATE), and -15 indicates that ATE did not respond.

**Comments**

Note that this AG\_SHORTCUT command version does not support expansion of %ENV% variables.  (But the MX\_SHORTCUT does, providing another reason to use it instead.)

**See Also**

•	[MX\_SHORTCUT](mx_shortcut.md)[xs](keyword-types.md)