>> Terry:
>>Does anyone have some code that they would like to share to drive 7-Zip from VFP?
>>(7-Zip is a free Zip program.)

> Hilmar:
>7-zip is free, and it compresses much better than standard ZIP. But I have never tried controlling it from Visual FoxPro.
>
>Did you check the command-line parameters? I don't know whether it has some API, which would provide better control...
>
>One of the downloads I provided is to automate backups; but you would have to insert the appropriate commands for your favorite compression program. The download is also quite old; some of the DOS commands no longer work in newer versions of Windows (including Windows XP).

There is some good 7-Zip info at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip

It does have command-line capability.

I thought I saw some VFP 7-Zip code somewhere. but have not been able to find it.

Thanks for your input!