Search for Keyword [WinZip] and the User Name [ghudson] and will find a post or two that I have made about zipping the current db and saving it to another location. You should be able to modify the code to fit your situation.
OK found your files, but! its all a bit dutch to me. I can do some real basic stuff in VB but it is basic and I'm not really siure where to start. Any chance of some help?