[AccessD] Unzip Files

On 27 Apr 2005 at 16:05, Brett Barabash wrote:

> I'm pretty sure MS doesn't extend zip support via API calls.  The expand
> utility has been around for a long time (at least Win95) specifically to
> assist installation of files stored in cabs.  You might find a freeware
> app that allows command line unzip functionality, though.
> 
> I wrote a simple VB app a while back to manage our 20 GB SQL Server
> backups.  It was run automatically each night to shell out to the WinZip
> command line to automatically compress new backup files to an archive
> folder and delete old archive files.
> 
> 

XP uses zipfld.dll and Wzipfldr.dll for these functions. MS do not appear 
to have not released an API for these libraries. (Googling either of these 
names with "API" doesn't return a single hit)
-- 
Stuart