Question

Alright, I’m having a little trouble getting 7-zip to execute from VB.

Here’s my current code:

ZipFileName = "\\network\path\PDFs\Test.zip "
PathToPDFs = "\\network\path\PDFs\*.pdf"
Arg1 = "a -tzip"

Process.Start("C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" + Arg1 + Zipfilename + PathToPDFs)

The error I keep getting is The system cannot find the file specified and Win32Exception was unhandled

I know my path is correct and there are PDFs in that directory.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You have to use this

Process.Start(
    "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe",
    Arg1 + Zipfilename + PathToPDFs)

First argument must be ONLY executable, while second one must be ProcessInfo or a string with arguments.
Tkae a look at this Microsoft page.