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Shirley Hammack I.T. Financial Analyst Duncan Regional Hospital 580-251-8939 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence, Mitchell Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Talk] Winzip command line parameters From the visual basic help (search for “shell”): Shell Function Runs an executable program and returns a Variant (Double) representing the program's task ID if successful, otherwise it returns zero. Syntax Shell(pathname[,windowstyle]) The Shell function syntax has these named arguments: Part Description pathname Required; Variant (String). Name of the program to execute and any required arguments or command-line switches; may include directory or folder and drive. On the Macintosh, you can use the MacID function to specify an application's signature instead of its name. The following example uses the signature for Microsoft Word: Shell MacID("MSWD") windowstyle Optional. Variant (Integer) corresponding to the style of the window in which the program is to be run. If windowstyle is omitted, the program is started minimized with focus. On the Macintosh (System 7.0 or later), windowstyle only determines whether or not the application gets the focus when it is run. The windowstyle named argument has these values: Constant Value Description vbHide 0 Window is hidden and focus is passed to the hidden window. The vbHide constant is not applicable on Macintosh platforms. vbNormalFocus 1 Window has focus and is restored to its original size and position. vbMinimizedFocus 2 Window is displayed as an icon with focus. vbMaximizedFocus 3 Window is maximized with focus. vbNormalNoFocus 4 Window is restored to its most recent size and position. The currently active window remains active. vbMinimizedNoFocus 6 Window is displayed as an icon. The currently active window remains active. Remarks If the Shell function successfully executes the named file, it returns the task ID of the started program. The task ID is a unique number that identifies the running program. If the Shell function can't start the named program, an error occurs. On the Macintosh, vbNormalFocus, vbMinimizedFocus, and vbMaximizedFocus all place the application in the foreground; vbHide, vbNoFocus, vbMinimizeFocus all place the application in the background. Note By default, the Shell function runs other programs asynchronously. This means that a program started with Shell might not finish executing before the statements following the Shell function are executed. Thank you, Mitch Lawrence Lead Applications Analyst Technical Support - NPR/Automation CHRISTUS Information Management : [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send a "thank you <http://intranet.christushealth.org/spiritBuck/Default.asp> " to someone! ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anastasio, David -PSC Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Talk] Winzip command line parameters This code is what I use to copy a file to a new folder and append the date to the copy. You should be able to use the date logic in your task. copy c:\dma_test\dma_test.txt c:\dma_test\backup\dma_test%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.txt Thank you, David Anastasio Data Reporting Services Specialist perotsystems™ Facility Information Services Tenet St. Mary's Medical Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] 561-882-6115 (office) 561-842-9921(fax) ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shirley Hammack Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Talk] Winzip command line parameters We’ve just recently purchased Winzip 11.1 and installed the add on that lets you use command line parameters to automate zipping of files. I intend to zip files that get a new name every day by having the date appended. Has anyone else been able to get the syntax put together to do this? Shirley Hammack I.T. 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