ZIPArchive

A QodlyScript ZIP archive is a File or folder object containing one or more files or folders, which are compressed to be smaller than their original size. These archives are created with a ".zip" extension and can be used to save space or transfer files via mediums which may have size limitations (e.g., email or network).

• You create a ZIP archive with the zipCreateArchive command.
• ZIPFile and ZIPFolder instances are available through the root property (ZIPFolder) of the object returned by zipReadArchive command.

Example

To retrieve and view the contents of a ZIP file object:

var path, archive : 4D.File
var zipFile : 4D.ZipFile
var zipFolder : 4D.ZipFolder
var txt : string

path = folder(fk desktop folder).file("MyDocs/Archive.zip")
archive = zipReadArchive(path)
zipFolder = archive.root // store the zip main folder
zipFile = zipFolder.files()[0] //read the first zipped file

If(zipFile.extension = ".txt")
 txt = zipFile.getText()
End if

Properties

.root

.root* : 4D.ZipFolder

Description

The .root property contains a virtual folder providing access to the contents of the ZIP archive.

The root folder and its contents can be manipulated with the ZipFile and ZipFolder functions and properties.

This property is read-only.