Public Function BackupAndZipit()
'This function will allow you to copy a db that is open,
'rename the copied db and zip it up to anther folder.
'You must set a reference to the 'Microsoft Scripting Runtime' for the CopyFile piece to work!
'Thanks to Ricky Hicks for the .CopyFile code
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Dim sSourcePath As String
Dim sSourceFile As String
Dim sBackupPath As String
Dim sBackupFile As String
sSourcePath = "J:\Disputes_PE\Database"
sSourceFile = "O4_Data.mdb"
sBackupPath = "C:\Database\Backups\"
sBackupFile = "BackupDB_" & Format(Date, "mmddyyyy") & "_" & Format(Time, "hhmmss") & ".mdb"
Set fso = New FileSystemObject
[QUOTE]fso.CopyFile sSourcePath & sSourceFile, sBackupPath & sBackupFile, True [/QUOTE]
Set fso = Nothing
Dim sWinZip As String
Dim sZipFile As String
Dim sZipFileName As String
Dim sFileToZip As String
sWinZip = "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WinZip32.exe" 'Location of the WinZip program
sZipFileName = Left(sBackupFile, InStr(1, sBackupFile, ".", vbTextCompare) - 1) & ".zip"
sZipFile = sBackupPath & sZipFileName
sFileToZip = sBackupPath & sBackupFile
Call Shell(sWinZip & " -a " & sZipFile & " " & sFileToZip, vbHide)
Beep
MsgBox "Backup was successful and saved @ " & Chr(13) & Chr(13) & sBackupPath & Chr(13) & Chr(13) & "The backup file name is " & Chr(13) & Chr(13) & sZipFileName, vbInformation, "Backup Completed"
If Dir(sBackupPath & sBackupFile) <> "" Then Kill (sBackupPath & sBackupFile)
End Function
