How to unzip files with shell.application

[Mike Gagnon]

How to unzip files with shell.application.

Note this work with Windows XP or higher.

Mike Gagnon

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[Dan Freeman]

Neat!

 

[DSummZZZ]

Mike,

This is for the built-in .zip format of XP though, not a Winzip integration tool right?



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[Mike Gagnon]

This is for the built-in .zip format of XP though

Yes, XP built-in, why is not working for you?

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[DSummZZZ]

Actually, I'm running Win2K here at work, XP at home, and haven't had a chance to try it yet.
I just wanted to clarify for any other viewers because as far as I know, the two formats aren't 100% compatible. A Winzip'ed file my not natively extract on an XP box just because it has that extension.
I tried researching some details on the MS site but everything I found on the native zip compression was rather vague. So I don't know just how much will or won't work.
Maybe someone else has input?



-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[Mike Gagnon]

So I don't know just how much will or won't work.

I have tested zipping pdf files with winzip on a Window 2000 server, and unzipping them with the above function without any problems.
Am still working on the zipping part of it, which at the moment seems to be a little buggy.


Mike Gagnon

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