shell in winxp

[jonis2144]

Hi all

I am trying to get this to work on my winxp box :

Shell "c:\VortexBackup\wzzip -rp -ex " & SZA & "  " & FTZ & " "

It runs fine on my 98se but nogo on the xp
Does anyone have any suggestions?

btw.
Its purpose is to fire up winzip and zip FTZ(file to zip) and save it to SZA (save zip as)

 

[AndyDuke]

Do you get any errors? does the command work from a command line?

Andy

 

[marcsoft]

looks as though those embedded blanks are whats causing the problems. i had difficulty with the shell statement and decided to use string variables containing the path and switches and whatever else got thrown in there. also, be sure , if you use strings, to use the + operator when adding the final \ to the directory path. there is some quirky thing with xp that requires the final \ to be added ( like path + "\" )...text strings are easier because you can take into account the program may be launched from a different directory. also, when joining strings in the shell command, use the & operator. using + wont work in the shell command. dont embed blanks in the strings, either...