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I am using VFP5 and VFP6 on Windows 95,98 and NT.

I need to run the command line version of PKZIP (PKZIP25) to zip and unzip
specific canned files from within a FoxPro program.

RUN /N displays the DOS window.  This needs to be transparent to the user.  
How do I do this without showing the DOS window?

Thanks,

Glen Mettler

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Quote:>I am using VFP5 and VFP6 on Windows 95,98 and NT.

>I need to run the command line version of PKZIP (PKZIP25) to zip and unzip
>specific canned files from within a FoxPro program.

>RUN /N displays the DOS window.  This needs to be transparent to the user.  
>How do I do this without showing the DOS window?

One solution: use ZIP library (can't find pointer off hand, but it was mentioned
in this group quite a few times).
Another solution: create shortcuts to run PKZIP/PKUNZIP; check "Run minimized"
and "Close on exit" - this is as close to transparency as one can get using DOS
programs.

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Alexandre Pechtchanski, Systems Manager, RUH, NY

Can't you use one of the WinZip products?  It seems to me, that would be
more friendly to the type of stuff you are doing.

I realize there is probably some cost involved.

Glen
What is "delimited with" in your terms?
1. "John",25,"New York"
2. *John*,25,*New York*
3. "John"*25*"New York"
In Fox terminology:
  "John",25,"New York"
APPEND FROM text DELIMITED
   The " " delimiters for text fields and the , as field separator ar both
default so
    nothing has to be specified.

*John*,25,*New York*
APPEND FROM text DELIMITED WITH "*" [WITH CHARACTER "," ]
The , as field separator is the default so the WITH CHAR clause in not
needed.

"John"*25*"New York"
APPEND FROM text DELIMITED WITH '"' WITH CHARACTER "*"
APPEND FROM text DELIMITED WITH CHAR  "*"
As " is the default text field delimiter WITH '"' is not needed.

John*25*New York
APPEND FROM text DELIMITED WITH CHAR  "*"
This will work too. The "" delimiters are not required, except for practical
reasons where the text field itself contains a field separator
"Brown, Bill",34,New York

The keyword TYPE is not required.
-Anders

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