Automating the zipping of specific files

[montypython1]

Greetings,

What is the best way to automate the process of zipping certain files? I suspect that this procedure should lend itself ideally to automation, since there are always 6 files to be zipped, and they are always in the same file folder. My application is changing constantly, which is often requiring me to update certain spec files for approximately 75 customers (each customer uses the exact same file names, although the specs are different).

Please forgive me if I am asking this question in the wrong forum, but I can't find a forum regarding Zip utilities (and this question does have to do with VFP). I found something kinda-sorta similar in "thread184-316615", but it wasn't quite what I'm hoping for.

Currently, I manually zip these files (after making the desired changes to the DBF spec files), then create a self-installing EXE using WinZipSE (for distributing to my customers). I have created a batch file to automate the EXE creation, but I don't know how to automate the creation of the ZIP file that is needed first. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Dave Higgins

 

[GriffMG]

I long ago stopped using anything but the VFPCompression stuff.

It takes a bit of learning and is not without its faults - who amongst us does no write code like that?

But with the runtime support in place it is brill.

Go here:

http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,ebdf7fe4-f97c-4e61-9018-3007904ed8da.aspx

Or just type "vfpompression sps" into google.

If Craig is reading this, can I say THANK YOU again.

Regards

Griff
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[montypython1]

Hi Griff,

Thanks for the guidance.
I'll check it out now.

Dave

 

[GriffMG]

Sorry very tired when typing...

"vfpcompression sps"



Regards

Griff
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[montypython1]

no problem ... I knew what you meant.
Thank you again.

Dave