Component: Compression ----------------------- Functions to handle Zip and gzip files. Please use [Archive](component_Archive.md) functions for newer projects. | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [3.4](newinversion34.md "First functions introduced with version 3.4.") / [6.0](newinversion60.md "Newest functions in version 6.0.") | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | | Item | Details | |:--|:--| | [GZipFile.Compress](GZipFileCompress.md) Compresses a file. | All 4.2 | | [GZipFile.Decompress](GZipFileDecompress.md) Decompresses a file. | All 4.2 | | [UnZipFile.Close](UnZipFileClose.md) Closes the current zip file. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ExtractFiles](UnZipFileExtractFiles.md) **Deprecated** Extracts all files from current archive into a folder. | All 6.0 | | [UnZipFile.GlobalComment](UnZipFileGlobalComment.md) Reads the global comment of the zip archive. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemCRC](UnZipFileItemCRC.md) Queries the checksum for a file. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemComment](UnZipFileItemComment.md) Queries the file comment of the given item. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemCompressedSize](UnZipFileItemCompressedSize.md) Queries compressed item size. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemCompressionMethod](UnZipFileItemCompressionMethod.md) Queries the compression method used for this item. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemCount](UnZipFileItemCount.md) Queries number of items in the archive. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemDate](UnZipFileItemDate.md) Queries file date of item. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemDiskNumberStart](UnZipFileItemDiskNumberStart.md) Queries the disk number start. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemExternalFileAttributes](UnZipFileItemExternalFileAttributes.md) Queries the external file attributes for this item. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemFlag](UnZipFileItemFlag.md) Queries the flags for this item. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemInternalFileAttributes](UnZipFileItemInternalFileAttributes.md) Queries the internal file attributes for this item. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemName](UnZipFileItemName.md) Queries the file name of the given item. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemSizeFileComment](UnZipFileItemSizeFileComment.md) Queries the size of the comment in bytes. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemSizeFileExtra](UnZipFileItemSizeFileExtra.md) Queries the size of extra file data. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemSizeFileName](UnZipFileItemSizeFileName.md) Queries the size of the file name. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemUncompressedSize](UnZipFileItemUncompressedSize.md) Queries uncompressed item size. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemVersion](UnZipFileItemVersion.md) Queries the version number of the zip format used to create this entry. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ItemVersionNeeded](UnZipFileItemVersionNeeded.md) Returns the version needed to uncompress this entry. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.OpenContainer](UnZipFileOpenContainer.md) **Deprecated** Opens a zip archive stored in a container. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.OpenFile](UnZipFileOpenFile.md) **Deprecated** Opens a zip archive file. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ReadAsFileContainer](UnZipFileReadAsFileContainer.md) Reads the file with given index as container value with data. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ReadAsGIFContainer](UnZipFileReadAsGIFContainer.md) Reads the file with given index as container value with GIF data. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ReadAsHex](UnZipFileReadAsHex.md) Reads the file with given index as data and return hex text. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ReadAsJPEGContainer](UnZipFileReadAsJPEGContainer.md) Reads the file with given index as container value with JPEG data. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ReadAsPNGContainer](UnZipFileReadAsPNGContainer.md) Reads the file with given index as container value with PNG data. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ReadAsText](UnZipFileReadAsText.md) Reads the file with given index as text. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.ReadToFile](UnZipFileReadToFile.md) Reads file from archive and writes it to a new file. | All 3.4 | | [UnZipFile.UsePassword](UnZipFileUsePassword.md) Sets the password to use for uncompressing. | All 5.1 | | [ZipFile.CRCFile](ZipFileCRCFile.md) Calculates CRC of a file. | All 4.3 | | [ZipFile.Close](ZipFileClose.md) Closes the zip archive. | All 3.4 | | [ZipFile.CompressFiles](ZipFileCompressFiles.md) **Deprecated** Compresses a few files into a zip archive. | All 6.0 | | [ZipFile.CreateFile](ZipFileCreateFile.md) **Deprecated** Creates a new file in the zip archive. | All 3.4 | | [ZipFile.Open](ZipFileOpen.md) **Deprecated** Creates a new zip archive. | All 3.4 | | [ZipFile.SetCompressionLevel](ZipFileSetCompressionLevel.md) Sets the compression level. | All 3.4 | | [ZipFile.UsePassword](ZipFileUsePassword.md) Sets the password to use for compressing. | All 5.1 | | [ZipFile.WriteContainer](ZipFileWriteContainer.md) Writes a file to the zip archive with content from a container. | All 3.4 | | [ZipFile.WriteFile](ZipFileWriteFile.md) Reads a file and writes it to the zip archive. | All 3.4 | | [ZipFile.WriteHex](ZipFileWriteHex.md) Writes data into the zip archive. | All 3.4 | | [ZipFile.WriteText](ZipFileWriteText.md) Writes a text into the zip archive. | All 3.4 | 43 functions shown. 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