Unzip using 7zip

Question

_{Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:35 PM}

Hallo,

I am trying to code in visual basic.

Can anyone please help me with a piece of code that can be used to unzip a file by starting external 7zip.exe application.

Thankyou in advance..

All replies (3)

_{Wednesday, October 15, 2014 9:03 AM ✅Answered}

thank you Blackwood,

I used the code something like :

   Dim exePath As String = "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"
   Dim args As String = "C:\DATA\TestData\K0080130001.zip" + "C:\DATA\TestData\New Folder"
   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exePath, args)

But I could not get the files unzipped.

I am trying to unzip the C:\DATA\TestData\K0080130001.zip file into the directory named C:\DATA\TestData\New Folder.

Hi P.Shah,

>>I am trying to unzip the C:\DATA\TestData\K0080130001.zip file into the directory named C:\DATA\TestData\New Folder.

You need to check 7zip document: http://sevenzip.sourceforge.jp/chm/cmdline/commands/extract.htm

7z e C:\DATA\TestData\K0080130001.zip -o"C:\DATA\TestData\New Folder\"

Vb.net code:

Dim exePath As String = "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"
Dim args As String = "e C:\DATA\TestData\K0080130001.zip" + " -o""C:\DATA\TestData\New Folder\"""
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exePath, args)

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_{Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:52 PM | 1 vote}

You can use Process.Start to run an external application

Dim exePath As String = "c:\?somefolder?\7zip.exe"
Dim args As String = "??" 'presumably the path to the Zip file and folder to unzip to
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exePath, args)

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_{Wednesday, October 15, 2014 6:32 AM}

thank you Blackwood,

I used the code something like :

   Dim exePath As String = "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"
   Dim args As String = "C:\DATA\TestData\K0080130001.zip" + "C:\DATA\TestData\New Folder"
   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exePath, args)

But I could not get the files unzipped.

I am trying to unzip the C:\DATA\TestData\K0080130001.zip file into the directory named C:\DATA\TestData\New Folder.

Can you please help me out?

Thank you .