How to run a batch file inside a zip archive from a batch file?

[Quantos]

Papayrus, you won't be getting any additional help from anyone.
Your juvenile and abusive attitude has been observed, measured, and found lacking.

We are volunteers here, supporting people who need it.  If you think you can come in here and abuse us of your own free will, then you have another thing coming.

[papayrus]

I said I dont want your help. People like you are sick please don talk to me as I said I am looking for decent people unlike you thanks. Good Day Mate
Nobody asked YOU I am asking someone that can actually help you are not helpful in anyway and you make no sense get off my post and dont talk to me cause you have nothing good to offer.
I came here in a good mood with good intentions and you and Slamon Fish should not even be allowed in a public internet access place you just wreck it for everyone and I dont take crap from people like you. Get real or just go away.

[Salmon Trout]

get off my post

Someone's heading for a ban...

[papayrus]

Drink some more wine dude.

[papayrus]

Someone's heading for a ban...
[/quoteYou should be banned from the public.

[Helpmeh]

Sometimes I wish EVERYONE would get banned.

[papayrus]

May as well delete this it just got trashed by a couple rude people anyway. Actually I think salmon is 2 people 2 accounts lol.

[BatchFileBasics]

why don't you start by learning how to extract contents from a zip using batch?

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?topic=66630.0

[papayrus]

Thankyou for that link I will check it out.

[papayrus]

Thankyou for that link I will check it out.

I checked it out I am confused about the code is this a batch file?

Set WshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
user = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserName%")

strZipFile = "c:\documents and settings\" & user & "\fr5\resource.zip"
outFolder = "c:\documents and settings\" & user & "\fr5\"
   
Set objShell = CreateObject( "Shell.Application" )
Set objSource = objShell.NameSpace(strZipFile).Items()
Set objTarget = objShell.NameSpace(outFolder)
intOptions = 256
objTarget.CopyHere objSource, intOptions

where it says %username% do I just type it as is or do I need to type in a username of some sort?
also what is strZipFile?

[BatchFileBasics]

no, this is vbscript

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    strZipFile = ""                                       'name of zip file
    outFolder = ""                                       'destination folder of unzipped files
   
    Set objShell = CreateObject( "Shell.Application" )
    Set objSource = objShell.NameSpace(strZipFile).Items()
    Set objTarget = objShell.NameSpace(outFolder)
    intOptions = 256
    objTarget.CopyHere objSource, intOptions
save  it as extract.vbs

then in your batch file put this line

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cscript //nologo extract.vbs

[papayrus]

Thats pretty nice but but how can I use this to run a batch file that is inside of a zip archive?
Ok the vbs works great. Is there a way to use it to actually launch the batch file that is inside the zip file OR do I need to extract the batch file then run it then delete it to do it?
Also how do I make the directory not need a full path for example I want it to extract the file in the zip archive in the same folder ther vbs is in? I tried strZipFile = "111.zip" and for the next part outFolder = "" with no name but it gets an error I then put in the full path and the error went away but I just want to have it work inside the directory its located in so it can be portable.

[gh0std0g74]

you got to unzip your archive, then run the batch. which part of this you did not get?

[papayrus]

you got to unzip your archive, then run the batch. which part of this you did not get?

Ok the vbs works great. Is there a way to use it to actually launch the batch file that is inside the zip file OR do I need to extract the batch file then run it then delete it to do it?
Also how do I make the directory not need a full path for example I want it to extract the file in the zip archive in the same folder ther vbs is in? I tried strZipFile = "111.zip" and for the next part outFolder = "" with no name but it gets an error I then put in the full path and the error went away but I just want to have it work inside the directory its located in so it can be portable.

[gh0std0g74]

OR do I need to extract the batch file then run it then delete it to do it?

that's what i said.