I got it working.. right now notusing coldfusion solution, I downloaded pkzipc (command line utility for pkzip on windows) installed it.
now whenever user selects a folder he is interested in (the one from which he selectively chooses folders and files to zip ) I first create batch file (which I run using cfexecute). first line in the batch file is a "cd "- change directory. cfexecute now changes its directory to the directory of interest And then teh second line is, the pkzipc command BUT WITH FULL PATH NAME (this is what threw me off for a while. since when done thru the command prompt, it doesn't complain. but when run thru cfexecute it still wouldn't complain but wouldn't create the zip either) to the pkzipc executable. So basically my batch file looke like: cd curdirectory "c:\program files\pkzip\pkzipc\pkzipc.exe" -add -recurse -path=current "folder1\*.*" "folder9\*.*" "file23" etc Make sure you enclose the names in double quotes to take care of spaces in the names. Thanks all for your tiem with this. Actually the guy at pkzip helpmed me a lot with this. He is the one who suggested to give the full path to the executable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234480 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
