Win32 Shortcuts

I want to create a win32 Shortcut from with in a Blitz plus application, to set its path and icon. How would I go about this. I have read on MSDN that the short cuts are related to the Cimwin32.dll.

Also is there a way to call the blitz compiler from outside the IDE (something like: c:\\blitzplus.exe sourceFile.bb -compile)????

Ok, so I found the compiler, blitzcc.exe, now I tried blitzcc.exe test.bb and I get the error: can't find blitzpath enviornment variable.... any ideas?