Zipping files 2

[CFB]

I'm trying to zip a directory of files through a FoxPro application. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can do this?

 

[rgbean]

While there are a number of 3rd party products for VFP, when using FoxPro (DOS or Windows), using PKZIP's command line interface in a RUN statement will work. Depending on your requirements, either the old shareware 2.04g or the new 4.0 would work.

Rick

 

[jonscott8]

See thread184-46582 Jon Hawkins
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[CFB]

Thanks for all the help. I've got WinZip working right now with a RUN command and plan on downloading DynaZIP as well. Has anyone worked with DynaZIP before?

 

[asm338s]

Hi CFB:

Could you explain what you ended up doing as I am trying to zip a few files through foxpro. How did you ended up integrating WinZip with foxPro.

Thanks

asm338s

 

[rgbean]

You can start by using WinZip's commandline capabilities. While "undocumented", you can find this page on their site if you follow enough links!

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

I've created .bat files that use these techniques to "backup" works in progress when I want to switch systems "off" network.

Rick


Rick