Zip / compressed folders in XP pro

[MrFancyteeth]

I currently use shell execute to call Winzip to perform zipping.

Now we've moved to XP - we're using compressed folders (ie no winzip installed)

know any way to create a compressed folder - extra mkdir() parameters?

and pass password etc to it similar to -

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

cFileName = "winzip32"
cAction = "open"
nret=ShellExecute(0,cAction,cFileName,' -a -s"APASSWORD" c:\test.zip c:\myfiles\*.*',"",1)

MrF

 

[AirCon]

MrFancyteeth,

I haven't use XP. But in W2K there is a utility called 'Cipher' for compression and I think XP also has. So you can use it to replace winzip

Btw, I'm not sure this is related to VFP. I am sorry if someone find this inappropriate.

Regards

-- AirCon --

 

[mkrausnick]

You didn't ask, but there are shareware solutions for zipping/unzipping files directly from VFP without using SHELLEXECUTE. The one I use is AZIP, available at

http://www.abri.com/foxpro.html.

Works like a charm and is very fast.

Sorry this doesn't exactly address your question about compressed folders.


Mike Krausnick

 

[craigsboyd]

MrFancyTeeth,

If you would like a free solution for zipping I have VFP code that will zip and unzip directories and files using SAWZip. It's completely free and I have used the code to provide backup/restore functionality. The zip files created are 100% Winzip compatible so anything else you may have written for the zip files would still be ok. You didn't specifically ask for any zipping and unzipping alternatives to Winzip so that is why I ask, if interested let me know and I will post the code. Wish I had an answer for you regarding XP compressed folders...I know what you mean though, didn't have to install winzip or winrar on any of the XP boxes which was kinda nice.

Slighthaze = NULL

 

[MrFancyteeth]

Thanks for the assistance (& offers on sawzip code) but since we have paid licensing for Winzip we could always install that on XP.

It just seems nice to use the inbuilt zipping functionality of XP.

I've been investing Shellnew as "new compressed folder" is an option when right-clicking in a directory/desktop - so i'm thinking "how can i call this through foxpro".

If I get anywhere i'll let u know.

In the meantime i guess i'll just get winzip installed

MrF