>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I've been down this road before but have lost my code and need a solution in a hurry
>>>>
>>>>Anyone have a really simple prg for zipping up a directory?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Colin
>>>
>>>Check Zipping files from inside VFP Thread #1222560
>>
>>Naomi - I simplified the code as follows and it works a treat
>>
>>lcDataPath='o:\swedvfp\vfp\'
>>lcZipFileName="o:\zips\colin.zip"
>>strtofile(chr(0x50)+chr(0x4B)+chr(0x05)+chr(0x06)+replicate(chr(0),18),lcZipFileName)
>>oShell=CREATEOBJECT("shell.application")
>>FOR EACH ofile IN oShell.NameSpace(lcDataPath).items
>> WAIT WINDOW "Archiving File: " + oFile.Name + ' to ' + lcZipFileName NOWAIT
>> oShell.NameSpace(lcZipFileName).copyhere(ofile)
>>ENDFOR
>>WAIT clear
>>
>>Thanks as always
>
>You're welcome. If you have a chance, test it on Windows Vista and Windows 7 - it may not work as is. Also there were some concerns raised in one of the older threads of the legality of this code - nothing definite, though.
>
>Let me know if you want to look up these threads just in case.

I'll do that - thanks - it does what is on the box though it's quite slow - about 10-12 minutes as compared to a straight Winzip of around 2 minutes - but as it will be run overnight it doesn't matter

Thanks agsin