Zip function on win 7

[Jan Eskilsson]

Hi Mike


www.7-zip.org


Works really well, we also use it a lot from Omnis.


Best Regards
Jan Eskilsson


2012/8/16 Mike Matthews <omnis at lineal.co.uk>:
> Hello Pedro,
>
> What is 7zip?  Included with win7 or do you have buy / install it?
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Matthews, Managing Director, Lineal Software Solutions Ltd
>
> Apple Reseller, Microsoft Partner, SQLWorks Business Partner
> phone: 01271 850550 | web: lineal.co.uk | email: mike at lineal.co.uk
>
> On 16 Aug 2012, at 16:14, "Pedro Santos" <pedro.santos at macwin.pt> wrote:
>
>> Hi Will.
>>
>> We use 7zip with the command line:
>>
>> Start program minimized {[con(lvc7zipfolder,'\7z.exe a -sfx7z.sfx -t7z
>> ',lvcFolder,' -m0=BCJ -m1=LZMA:d=25 -mx=9 -ms -mmt')]}
>>
>> Hth,
>> Pedro
>>
>> -----Mensagem original-----
>> De: Will Adkin [mailto:will.adkin at lineal.co.uk]
>> Enviada: quinta-feira, 16 de Agosto de 2012 13:15
>> Para: omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com
>> Assunto: Zip function on win 7
>>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to zip a folder and its contents on a Windows
>> 7 machine (64 bit) using Omnis 5.2.1? We have this code to do it on a
>> mac:
>>
>> ;  Prepare the applescript.
>> Begin text block
>> Text: tell application "Finder" (Carriage return)
>> Text: do shell script "cd [ParentDirPosixPath] ; zip -r '[ZipFileName]'
>> '[SourceName]'" (Carriage return)
>> Text: end tell (Carriage return)
>> End text block
>> Get text block Script
>>
>> ;  Execute the applescript.
>> Do $runapplescript(Script,Result) Returns ErrCode
>>
>> I've been spending all morning trying to figure out the world of dll's
>> and SHELL32, but so far no joy. No luck with Java either...
>>
>> If any one else does this in their app i'd love some pointers...
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Will Adkin
>> Lineal
>>
>>
>> Will Adkin, Software Development Manager, Lineal Software Solutions Ltd
>> Apple Reseller, Microsoft Partner, SQLWorks Business Partner office
>> phone: 01271 850550 | web: lineal.co.uk | email: will at lineal.co.uk
>>
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