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UnZipFile.OpenFile

Opens a zip archive file.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server FileMaker iOS SDK
Compression 3.4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Deprecated

This function was deprecated. Use Archive.Compress instead.

MBS( "UnZipFile.OpenFile"; Path )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Path Native file path. $path

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Opens a zip archive file.
The plugin reads the directory so you can use UnZipFile.ItemCount function to learn the number of items.

Deprecated. Please use Archive.Compress for new projects.

This function requires a native path. Use Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath to convert a FileMaker path to a native path if required. If you like to have the user choose the path, you can use FileDialog functions.
For Server be aware that server has limited permissions and may not be able to access all files on a computer.

Examples

Open archive on Windows:

MBS( "UnZipFile.OpenFile"; "c:\folder\test.zip" )

Open Archive and expand:

MBS( "UnZipFile.OpenFile"; "C:\Users\Christian\Desktop\MBSFMPlugins153.zip")
MBS( "UnZipFile.ExtractFiles"; "C:\Users\Christian\Desktop\test")

See also

Example Databases

Blog Entries

FileMaker Magazin

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 12nd June 2020


UnZipFile.OpenContainer   -   UnZipFile.ReadAsFileContainer

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