Thread: Help with this simple program please

I have extensive programming experience in php / C. I am currently trying to code a little app and need help deciding what direction to go. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

I need a simple app / script for the following purpose:

I have a directory with multiple files in it, some of which are zips. I need to have the app to go through and look for the zips i specify and extract them to a location that i specify - and then move some of the extracted files to a certain location. I have a FEW different directories that each have different zips in them, so I will have a separate extract / zip list for each directory.

I considered using a gui to specify: what script to use (what directory), where that dircotry is (mapped drive, etc - path ie. f:\builda).

I am really looking for the simplest way to do this. I have NO EXPERIENCE using the C++ Borlad 6 GUI, and I am not sure how to interact with it to my scripts yet.

Either way, what direction would you suggest that I take this? Use a gui created with c++ builder 6, maybe just a script at a command line - not sure here...

Need some direction here for web only developer, this is new territory for me.

Thanks
Jeff

actually - i should have explained better -

My script will specify:
Look for file1.zip, extract to: thislocation

It does not need to find the zips on the fly and extract them.

How hard would it be to make a front end for this? I know this is a pretty open ended question...

Look into WinBatch. WinBatch can automate keystrokes, mouse movements/clicks. Very cool! Easy to learn too. I think you could get your application running in a day or so. It's ~$100 for the interpreter version and ~500 for the compiler version.

Or, windows comes with Windows Scripting Host (I haven't used it because it can't automate the mouse... at least the version I investageted a couple of years ago couldn't)

Or, try to find a zip utility that runs from the command line. Then write a DOS batch program that asks for the file name, source, and destination. Umm... I don't know how to use variables in batch files and this stuff is getting hard to find.)