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Executing program with vba

Hi

Can anyone advise me as to how to execute a program (for my case its winzip) and extract whatever that is compressed in it out into a folder?

Right now I'm only able to open the winzip application and my winzip folder but i don't know how to make it extract the data after my winzip folder is open

Please advise. Thank you
May 18 '07 #1
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danp129
323 Expert 256MB
I use version 7 of winzip... older than dirt... Anyhow I don't see a reference I can add for it. You can either try using the command line add-on for it, a wrapper (if you want to translate it) or using a different zip program that exposes it's COM...
May 18 '07 #2
Killer42
8,435 Expert 8TB
Yes, if you want to stick with WinZip then the Command-Line Interface is probably a good way to go. I believe it's free, too (the CLI, not WinZip).
May 18 '07 #3

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