My next step (or last resort) was going to be to to use gbak via a batch file, as per
your example. I can seem to call a simple test batch file OK with ExecuteShell but are
still baffled as to why my original GBAK call doesn't work. Sure it's something to do
with the length of the parameter string. I might try calling ShellExecute directly.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Hyde [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 1:22 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: RE: [DUG]: GBAK and ExecuteFile
Hi Andrew,
> Thanks, yes I've seen that. It does work well.
>
> I need a braindead user "click on a button" backup option though.
This code from one of my webapps might suffice. The SHELL
statement is a WebHub macro which basically does an
EexecuteFile. The backup batch file it calls is below it:
%=SHELL|d:\sites\thissite\dbbkp.bat=%
== dbbkp.bat:
del db.zip
"d:\program files\interbase corp\interbase\bin\gbak" -user
USERNAME -password pwd d:\sites\thissite\db.gdb db.gbk
pkzip -add -move db.zip db.gbk
== ends
(uses pkzip 2.05 for that last step)
cheers,
peter
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