Download the winzip command line add on from http://www.winzip.com
and use RUN or ! comand from VFP to do all operation you need to do.

Aashish


>does anyone know how to create a self-extracting file through Foxpro?
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>To sum up the story, i have a client (who will end up getting a server sometime in the future to avoid this problem), but for now, he wants the client to have a seperate viewer to view their own information through. Basically, to scroll through their client list.
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>However the main database houses information for many other clients of the company. I have a procedure to copy the related data files and filter out the customers particular information from each file. all this inforamtion goes into a temp folder (self-created)
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>all this information is going to be attached to an e-mail, and then extracted on the client's side. to prevent the client from having to download, copy and paste each file (20 files), we want to have the client download an exe and this process will extract and overwrite the existing files on their side.
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>i know winzip can create a .exe, but can foxpro utilize it's process?? thanks in advance!