How to run an unrelated .lnk from w/in vfp ?

[mallee]

I created a winzip (wzzip) icon on desktop that holds the
command line syntax to backup my data. How can I run this icon from within VFP 6.0 ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[danceman]

ShellExecute() lets you programmatically launch any application which is installed on the computer.

DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN shell32.dll ;
INTEGER hndWin, ;
STRING cAction, ;
STRING cFileName, ;
STRING cParams, ;
STRING cDir, ;
INTEGER nShowWin


Because ShellExecute() is an API function, you need to declare it before you can call it. The DECLARE statement establishes the number and data types of the parameters, and also the data type of the returned value. You only need to execute the DECLARE statement once, but you must do so before the first time you call ShellExecute().

lets assume your short cut has this in the Target of the short cut. "f:\Data\Archive.Zip"

cFileName = "f:\Data\Archive.Zip"
cAction = "open"
ShellExecute(0,cAction,cFileName,"","",1)

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[mallee]

thank you . that got it.