What is the namespace for Shell

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Guys,

I need your help I'm trying to zip a file using a shell method in C# but I keep on having the error that says The name Shell does not exit in the current context.Please help this is my first time to use this shell method :((

this is the method :

Shell("C:\\Program Files\\WinZip\\WZZIP.EXE C:\\Destination DownloadFile");

Posted 26-Sep-10 22:47pm

JGraduate

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ARopo · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-26T22:55:00

Solution 1

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo ps = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();
ps.UseShellExecute = true;
ps.Arguments = "C:\\Destination DownloadFile";
ps.FileName = "C:\\Program Files\\WinZip\\WZZIP.EXE";
System.Diagnostics.Process p = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ps);
p.WaitForExit();

Posted 26-Sep-10 22:55pm

ARopo

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JGraduate 27-Sep-10 5:02am

Reason for my vote of 5
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JGraduate 27-Sep-10 5:08am

Thanx,But its not creating the zipped file in the C:\ drive :-(

JGraduate 27-Sep-10 5:17am

Oh! never mind I saw what I did wrong.

Many thanks.

Regards,
J

Steven J Jowett · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-26T23:04:00

Solution 2

You can find Shell in the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility namespace, but you may also wish to investigate the System.IO.Compression.GZipStream namespace which provides functionality for file/data compression.

Posted 26-Sep-10 23:04pm

Steven J Jowett

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JGraduate 27-Sep-10 5:12am

Reason for my vote of 5
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JGraduate 27-Sep-10 5:17am

Thanx Guys