Call wzzip in vbscript: syntax?

[GPM2001]

Hi there,
I'd like to call the wzzip program (e.g : wzzip try.zip c:\*.bat)within a script, and I ca't get the proper syntax.
I need some help !
Thanks,
Pierre

 

[JohnYingling]

Go to WinZip.COM. I have version 8 and there is no command line interface defined in the help file. The 8.1 beta does not indicate that a command line interface has been added.

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[jonscott8]

PMFJI, but there is a command-line interface available for WinZip 8 as an add-on. See: thread329-85681

I'm not sure if that's what Pierre meant by wzzip - or if that's a totally different product. Jon Hawkins

 

[GPM2001]

Actually I found what I was looking for. I did it this way:

Dim myWinZip
Set myWinZip=CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
myWinZip.Run "wzzip c:\temp\test.zip c:\*.bat"

In fact, a Command Line for Winzip exists and can be downloaded on

http://www.winzip.com/wzcline.htm

It raises an other question:
is there a way to temporize actions in VBScript ?
I mean that if I run the following script...

myWinZip.Run "wzzip c:\temp\test.zip c:\*.bat"
myWinZip.Run "wzzip c:\temp\test.zip c:\*.exe"
myWinZip.Run "wzzip c:\temp\test.zip c:\*.doc"

...the test.zip file will not be updated quickly enough between the execution of 2 lines, and so the test.zip file will contain only the *.doc files, intead of *.bat and *.exe and *doc.

Any idea to cope with it ?
Thanks for your help guys!
Pierre

 

[jonscott8]

Do it all at once:

myWinZip.Run "wzzip c:\temp\test.zip c:\*.bat c:\*.exe c:\*.doc"
Jon Hawkins

 

[tsuji]

Hello, GPM2001.

It is not futile, though, to answer your question. It is an illustration of what synchronous and asynchronous are meant for. With the run method, you can have bWaitOnReturn parameter to choose. To achieve what you look for, simply change the run lines to, say,

myWinZip.Run "wzzip c:\temp\test.zip c:\*.bat", 1, True

etc.

But, do it at once as posted above would suffice---read the manual.

regards - tsuji