>>>Now that ZIP file creation and extraction is built into the O/S, how can we create and extract files from VFP using the WinAPI?
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>>>TIA
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>>Michael,
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>>I'm assuming you're referring to Windows XP.
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>>I haven't tried it, but my first guess would be to use either the ShellExecute() function (passing "open" as the verb parameter), or the WScript.Shell object's Run method.
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>>If you do try this, please let me know if it works or not. If not, what kind of error message you get.
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>>I'd have to think about creating, though.
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>Hi, George.
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>Yes, XP and Win2K3 Server. I haven't tried it, but I suspect "open" would lauch the wizard.

>Hmmm....

When I moved some large files from my old machine (which didn't have a CD/RW) to WinXP Home I used PKZip to compress them. I don't recall going through a wizard to uncompress them on the new one. As I remember it, it simply did it. Of course, my memory isn't what it once was, so I very well could be wrong.:-)