Zip Archive
This activity extracts files to the folder from chosen .zip file or compresses chosen file(s) to a contracted file(s).
Compression is possible in .zip and .7z formats, while compression with the division into parts only in .7z format. Compressed file can be closed with a password.
Wildcards (?, *) are allowed - you can use an asterisk (*) to replace any sequence of characters, so pattern “*.*” as a last element of file path in Source textbox means that all documents in a given folder will be zipped at once.
| Acquired Text | String | Output | text input by user |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action | Dropdown | Input | select action to perform from the dropdown list |
| Alternative Scenario If Failed | Boolean | Input | checkbox; default is "on" |
| Destination | String | Input | directory path to a file (file name and extension included) |
| Destination Type | Dropdown | Input | select destination type from the dropdown list |
| Display Name | Literal | Input | changes display name of the activity |
| Exclude from Transaction Check | Boolean | Input | checkbox; default is "off" |
| Format | Dropdown | Input | select archive format from the dropdown list |
| Part size (MB) | Int32 | Input | integer; choose max size of every part of zipped file (compression with division) |
| Password | String | Input | password (string expression) |
| Source | String | Input | directory path to a file (file name and extension included) |
| Result | Boolean | Output | returns a Boolean value. True if no error in activity, otherwise will return False |
| Result Code | Int32 | Output | Result Code will return 0 if there is no error in activity, otherwise in most cases will return 1. See the table of Extended Result Codes for more info |