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From: rdemyan via AccessMonster.com on 16 Apr 2010 12:27 Is there a way that I can determine the full path of an application like WinZip. If possible, I'd like to start with as little information as possible, (Example WinZip). -- Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/access-reports/201004/1
From: Richard on 17 Apr 2010 14:58 On Apr 16, 9:27 am, "rdemyan via AccessMonster.com" <u6836(a)uwe> wrote: > Is there a way that I can determine the full path of an application like > WinZip. If possible, I'd like to start with as little information as > possible, (Example WinZip). > > -- > Message posted via AccessMonster.comhttp://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/access-reports/201004/1 Click on start --> programs --> find win zip, right click on win zip, click properties.
From: Douglas J. Steele on 17 Apr 2010 16:57 Take a look at what Randy Birch has at http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/system/findexecutable.htm If you change the line of code success = FindExecutable("winhlp32.hlp", "c:\winnt\system32\", sResult) to point to a known Zip file, like success = FindExecutable("MyFile.zip", "C:\SomeFolder", sResult) then sResult will contain the path to winzip32.exe -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "rdemyan via AccessMonster.com" <u6836(a)uwe> wrote in message news:a69fbf73c8622(a)uwe... > Is there a way that I can determine the full path of an application like > WinZip. If possible, I'd like to start with as little information as > possible, (Example WinZip). > > -- > Message posted via AccessMonster.com > http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/access-reports/201004/1 >
From: Douglas J. Steele on 18 Apr 2010 11:06 Oops. Just noticed I was missing the final slash on the folder: success = FindExecutable("MyFile.zip", "C:\SomeFolder\", sResult) -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele(a)NOSPAM_gmail.com> wrote in message news:OxyFOCn3KHA.3580(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Take a look at what Randy Birch has at > http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/system/findexecutable.htm > > If you change the line of code > > success = FindExecutable("winhlp32.hlp", "c:\winnt\system32\", sResult) > > to point to a known Zip file, like > > success = FindExecutable("MyFile.zip", "C:\SomeFolder", sResult) > > then sResult will contain the path to winzip32.exe > > -- > Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP > http://I.Am/DougSteele > (no private e-mails, please) > > > "rdemyan via AccessMonster.com" <u6836(a)uwe> wrote in message > news:a69fbf73c8622(a)uwe... >> Is there a way that I can determine the full path of an application like >> WinZip. If possible, I'd like to start with as little information as >> possible, (Example WinZip). >> >> -- >> Message posted via AccessMonster.com >> http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/access-reports/201004/1 >> > >
From: rdemyan via AccessMonster.com on 19 Apr 2010 07:55
Thanks, Doug. My App uses WinZip to upload zipped files to an ftp site. I recently purchased a new computer which is 64 bit. Programs are stored in the folder Program Files (x86) and not Program Files. Since my code has a hard coded reference to the path (which was presumed to be Program Files), my program can no longer find WinZip. I had forgotten that My App has this vulnerability. I wish there was another way to find WinZip than what you suggest, since it requires knowing the file name of a zip file on the user's computer. I've decided to start storing the full path in a local table. If MyApp can't find it, it will ask the user to locate WinZip via File Search code. Then Myapp will store the full path for future use. However, I would prefer to be able to find it in code. Also, what happens when WinZip32 becomes Winzip64?? Douglas J. Steele wrote: >Oops. Just noticed I was missing the final slash on the folder: > >success = FindExecutable("MyFile.zip", "C:\SomeFolder\", sResult) > >> Take a look at what Randy Birch has at >> http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/system/findexecutable.htm >[quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>> WinZip. If possible, I'd like to start with as little information as >>> possible, (Example WinZip). -- Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/access-reports/201004/1 |