Executing Shell command form VB.net

[chicdog]

I'm trying to execute a zip file located at the location that is shown in the text field of txtZipFile using PKzip. Is this the right format? I'm not sure it's reading correctly. The code I have so far is below. Thanks in advance.

Bryan


Dim AppName As String """C:\ProgramFiles\PKWARE\PKZIP4 \pkzipw.exe" & txtZipFile.Text & ""
Shell(AppName, AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)

 

[krisbrixon]

I wrote a wrapper for a command line program that works ok.

Couple things:

1. You have a lot of """""'s in that string.
2. I used the Call command in my code.
3. ProgamFiles is usually spelled Program Files
4. You usually have to have a space after the application name and no spaces between directories.

I was thinking of something like this:

Dim sCmdLine As String
sCmdLine = "C:\Program Files\PKWARE\PKZIP4\pkzipw.exe " & txtZipFile.Text
Call Shell(sCmdLine, AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)

The following is a link to the wrapper program I mentioned above. It has a shell command that works.

http://brixon.freewebspace.com/frmMultiConvWrapper.html

Kris

 

[chicdog]

Thank you your example of the spell check. It seems to work.