• FILE.APPEND Method
• FILE.APPEND_LINE Method
• FILE.ATTRIBUTES_GET Method
• FILE.ATTRIBUTES_SET Method
• FILE.BYTES_GET Method
• FILE.CHARS_GET Method
• FILE.CLASS Method
• FILE.CLOSE Method
• FILE.COPY Method
• FILE.COPY2 Method
• FILE.COPY_FOLDER Method
• FILE.CREATE Method
• FILE.CREATE_TIME Method
• FILE.DEPENDENCIES Method
• FILE.DIR_CREATE Method
• FILE.DIR_CREATE_RECURSE Method
• FILE.DIR_GET Method
• FILE.DIR_PUT Method
• FILE.DIR_REMOVE Method
• FILE.DRIVE_SPACE_AVAIL Method
• FILE.DRIVE_SPACE_TOTAL Method
• FILE.DRIVE_TYPE Method
• FILE.DRIVES_GET Method
• FILE.EOF Method
• FILE.EXISTS Method
• FILE.FILENAME_PARSE Method
• FILE.FLUSH Method
• FILE.FROM_BLOB Method
• FILE.FROM_PROPERTY Method
• FILE.FROM_STRING Method
• FILE.FTP_PARSE Method
• FILE.IS_VALID Method
• FILE.LONGNAME_TO_SHORTNAME Method
• FILE.MACHINES_GET Method
• FILE.OPEN Method
• FILE.POS_GET Method
• FILE.READ Method
• FILE.READ_LINE Method
• FILE.READ_TIME Method
• FILE.READB Method
• FILE.REMOVE Method
• FILE.RENAME Method
• FILE.SEEK Method
• FILE.SEND Method
• FILE.SHORTNAME_TO_LONGNAME Method
• FILE.SIZE Method
• FILE.STREAM_COPY Method
• FILE.STREAM_FROM_BLOB Method
• FILE.STREAM_FROM_STRING Method
• FILE.STREAM_TO_BLOB Method
• FILE.STREAM_TO_STRING Method
• FILE.TEMP_CREATE Method
• FILE.TEMP_PATH_GET Method
• FILE.TEXT_ENCODING Method
• FILE.TO_BLOB Method
• FILE.TO_PROPERTY Method
• FILE.TO_STRING Method
• FILE.UNZIP Method
• FILE.UPDATE_TIME Method
• FILE.WATCH_CREATE Method
• FILE.WATCH_DESTROY Method
• FILE.WATCH_ENUMERATE Method
• FILE.WRITE Method
• FILE.WRITE_LINE Method
• FILE.WRITEB Method
• FILE.ZIP Method
• FILE.ZIPLIST Method

FILE.ZIP Function

Syntax

Arguments

zipfilenameCharacter

The name of the zip file to create. If you do not specify an extension, Alpha Anywhere will automatically add the ".ZIP" extension.

filesCharacter

Files to add to the zip file. Wildcards are allowed (e.g. " c:\Alpha Anywhere\data\invoices\*.* "). Otherwise, provide a comma, or CR-LF delimited list of file names. If you provide a CR-LF delimited list, you must add ',' to the list of flags.

zip_flagsCharacter

Default = "" (No paths are stored.) The following flags can be used in the zip command:

Flag

Meaning

"d"

Include absolute paths in the zip file.

"base path"

Store paths in the zip file that are relative to the base path.

","

Indicate that the list of files is CR-LF delimited, not comma delimited. Use this flag if there are commas in any of the filenames.

base_pathCharacter

The base path to store in the zip file.

Returns

Result_FlagLogical

Returns .T. if the zip file was successfully created, otherwise .F.

Description

Zip files listed - expects a comma separated list.

Discussion

The FILE.ZIP() method adds a file or files to a zip file called Zip_Filename. If Zip_Filename does not exists it is created. If Zip_Filename already exists, then the files in the File_List are added to the existing zip file. File_List can include wildcard characters.

A zip file is a highly compressed files that contains one or more files. Zip files are ideal for creating backups of your database applications.

Example

For example, the following flag string specifies that the zip file should contain paths that are relative to the "c:\mydata" folder:

FILE.zip(myzip,"c:\mydata\*.*" ,"d","c:\mydata")

Example create a zip file of all of the files in c:\a5data\invoice.

FILE.ZIP("c:\backup.ZIP","c:\a5data\invoice\*.*")

Example create a zip file of all of the files in the current database folder.

path = :a5.get_path()
zip_filename = "backup_data"
'construct full filename - chr(92) is \ character.
full_zip_filename = alltrim(path) + chr(92) + zip_filename
'Check to see if zip file exists. If it does, delete it.
If FILE.exists(full_zip_filename ) then
    FILE.remove(full_zip_filename)
End if
FILE.zip(full_zip_filename,path + chr(92) + "*.*")

See Also

• FILE.UNZIP()
• FILE.ZIPLIST()
• File Functions
• File Methods