>>>I am calling pkzipc (a DOS program) repeatedly with RUN command from a form. It would be more elegant if the DOS boxes appeared inside the VFP form. Is there any way to accomplish this?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>
>>>Alex
>>
>>See message#1095760
>
>Thank you for the reference, Tore.

Sorry for jumping in so late - I'm using pkzip25 (the last DOS-type, command line freebie from Phil Katz, probably around 1998) and wrap it up using API_APPRun class by late Ed Rauh. One of the parameters when running it is the status of the target window - mine runs with "HID". IOW, no window whatsoever. The business part of the code looks like this:

		lcZipName=This.zipname
		listfile=Fullpath(".\zip.lst")
		Strtofile(This.Files, listfile)
		lcbatFile=Fullpath(Forceext(Sys(2015),"bat"))
		logfile=Forceext(lcbatFile,"log")
		This.logfile=logfile

		TEXT textmerge noshow to lcBat
pkzip25 -add=update -dire <<lcZipName>>  @<<listfile>> ><<logfile>>
		ENDTEXT
		lcThere=Fullpath(".")
		Strtofile(lcBat, lcbatFile)
		Local oprocess As api_apprun Of Process.vcx
		oprocess=Newobject('api_apprun','process', '', lcbatFile, lcThere, 'HID')
		oprocess.LaunchAppAndWait
		Release oprocess
		Erase (lcbatFile)

The listfile is just the same old list of filespecs you want to include in the zip - this is for backing up my work, so it looks like this:

M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SET_ALL.PRG
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\STARTME.PRG
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\OSDZ.PJX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\OSDZ.PJT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\MTRO.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\MTRO.SCT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\OTUDJE.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\OTUDJE.SCT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\LJUDI.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\LJUDI.SCT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\KUPDO.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\KUPDO.SCT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\AMGRUP.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\AMGRUP.SCT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\POPIS.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\POPIS.SCT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\REVAL.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\REVAL.SCT
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\OSSR.SCX
M:\RAD\APVFP\OS DZ\SCX\OSSR.SCT

I generate that previously using aDir() on selected directories and extensions (don't want to backup .fxp, .bak and few other types).

In some situations, I've found that it's best to have every filename in the .bat file fullpathed, and surrounded by quotation marks. Also, I found that PkZip25 doesn't really handle UNCs.